Alabama
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Alabama has 68 probate courts organized by county. The courts have jurisdiction over mental health, estate, adoption, and real property rights cases. They do not allow jury trials.
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Alaska
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Alaska does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Courts have jurisdiction over property rights, estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials in most cases.
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Arizona
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Arizona does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Courts have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.
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Arkansas
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Arkansas does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials.
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California
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California does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Courts have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The courts do not allow jury trials for juvenile cases.
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Colorado
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Colorado has a separate probate court in Denver County only; in the rest of the state, district courts handle probate proceedings. Additionally, Colorado has a separate juvenile court.
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Connecticut
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Connecticut has a separate probate court with 130 judges. The court has jurisdiction over estate, adoption, support/custody, paternity, miscellaneous domestic relations, mental health, and miscellaneous civil cases. The court does not allow jury trials.
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Delaware
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The Delaware Court of Chancery handles probate matters, including estate, real property rights, and mental health. The court allows no jury trials. Delaware has a separate family court that handles juvenile matters and does not allow jury trials.
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District of Columbia
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The District of Columbia does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court handles probate matters.
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Florida
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Florida does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials.
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Georgia
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Georgia has 159 probate courts and 159 judges. Georgia only has probate courts in counties with a population over 96,000 and where the probate judge is an attorney who has been practicing for at least seven years. The courts have jurisdiction over mental health, estate, miscellaneous civil, moving traffic, and DWI/DUI matters.
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Hawaii
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Hawaii does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials.
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Idaho
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Idaho does not have a separate probate court. The Magistrates Division has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.
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Illinois
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Illinois does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile cases.
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Indiana
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Indiana has only one specialized probate court (Marion County) with jurisdiction over adoption, estate, and miscellaneous civil and juvenile matters. In the rest of the state, probate proceedings are handled in county superior or district courts.
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Iowa
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Iowa does not have a separate probate court. The District Court does not allow jury trials in juvenile or mental health cases.
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Kansas
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Kansas does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile cases.
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Kentucky
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Kentucky does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.
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Louisiana
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Louisiana does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, adoption, and juvenile matters. However, the state has a separate juvenile court and family court.
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Maine
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Maine has 16 probate courts under county (not state) court system jurisdiction. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, adoption, and miscellaneous domestic relations matters and do not allow jury trials. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health and juvenile matters and does not allow jury trials.
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Maryland
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Maryland has an Orphans' Court in 22 counties with 66 judges that handle estate matters, except in Montgomery and Harford counties, where the Circuit Court handles it.
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts has 14 divisions of probate and family courts with 51 justices. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, support/custody, paternity, domestic violence, miscellaneous civil, adoption, and divorce cases. The court does not allow jury trials. The state has a separate juvenile court, which allows jury trials.
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Michigan
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Michigan has 78 probate courts and 106 judges. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters and allow some jury trials.
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Minnesota
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Minnesota does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.
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Mississippi
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The Chancery Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, divorce, support/custody, and paternity matters.
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Missouri
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Missouri does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over probate matters. The Circuit Court has four probate and three deputy probate commissioners.
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Montana
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Montana does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters and allows jury trials.
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Nebraska
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Nebraska does not have a separate probate court. Nebraska has 93 County Courts in 12 districts, which have jurisdiction over estate, adoption, and juvenile matters. These courts have 59 judges and allow jury trials, except in juvenile cases. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health cases.
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Nevada
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Nevada does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials for most cases.
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New Hampshire
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New Hampshire has two probate courts, which have jurisdiction over adoption, termination of parental rights, guardianships, trusts, wills, estates, involuntary commitments, and some equity matters. The courts do not allow jury trials.
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New Jersey
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New Jersey does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over civil, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials for most cases.
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New Mexico
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New Mexico has 33 probate courts and 33 judges. These courts have jurisdiction over uncontested estate cases, but contested cases go to District Court. The District Court also has jurisdiction over juvenile and mental health matters.
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New York
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In New York, the Surrogates Court has jurisdiction over adoptions and estates. The court allows jury trials in estate cases. The Family Court has jurisdiction over guardianship and juvenile cases and does not allow jury trials.
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North Carolina
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North Carolina does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over estate cases and allows jury trials. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health and juvenile cases. The District Court allows jury trials in civil cases only.
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North Dakota
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North Dakota does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials in many cases.
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Ohio
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In Ohio, the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction over probate matters and handles estate, mental health, and juvenile cases. The court allows jury trials in most cases.
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile cases. The court allows jury trials.
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Oregon
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In Oregon, there are seven County Courts and seven judges with jurisdiction over adoption, mental health, and juvenile matters. The courts do not allow jury trials.
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Pennsylvania
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In Pennsylvania, the Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile cases. The court allows jury trials in most cases.
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Rhode Island
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Rhode Island has 39 probate courts and 39 judges. The probate courts have jurisdiction over estate cases and do not allow jury trials. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health cases, and the Family Court has juvenile jurisdiction.
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South Carolina
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South Carolina has 46 probate courts and 46 judges. The probate courts have jurisdiction over mental health and estate cases and do not allow jury trials. The Family Court has juvenile jurisdiction.
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South Dakota
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South Dakota does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has civil and juvenile jurisdiction.
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Tennessee
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In Tennessee, Β§ 16-16-201 holds that ". . . all jurisdiction relating to the probate of wills and the administration of estates of every nature . . . is hereby vested in the chancery court of the respective counties" unless specifically given by local legislation to other courts. Shelby County, for example, has established a probate court. Tennessee has 95 counties.
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Texas
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Texas has 16 probate courts and 16 judges with jurisdiction over estate and mental health matters. The probate courts allow jury trials. In Texas, the County Court of Law, Constitutional County Court, and District Court also have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. These courts allow jury trials.
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Utah
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Utah does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate and mental health matters. This court allows jury trials in most case types. The Juvenile Court does not allow jury trials.
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Vermont
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Vermont has 18 probate courts and 18 judges. The probate court has jurisdiction over mental health, adoption, estate, miscellaneous domestic relations, and miscellaneous civil cases. The court does not allow jury trials.
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Virginia
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Virginia does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over mental health and estate matters; the District Court has jurisdiction over mental health and juvenile matters.
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Washington
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Washington does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.
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West Virginia
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West Virginia does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile cases. The court allows jury trials.
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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile matters.
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Wyoming
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Wyoming does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters.
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