Some lawmakers have proposed a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the probate courts. Probate officials have a plan that would make the system more efficient and professional.

Probate courts, which settle estates of the dead, administer trusts, oversee adoptions and appoint guardians for children, the frail elderly and the intellectually disabled, are targeted for a $32 ...

But to suggest that the solution to that problem is to abolish the probate courts, as the Law Tribune’s Editorial Board recently did, overlooks a far more appropriate remedy: the state should ...

Local lawmakers say the proposed consolidation of probate courts included in Gov. M. Jodi Rell's budget proposal are an effective way to save the struggling courts. State Rep. Lawrence Cafero ...

NORTH CANAAN - Several towns in the Northwest Corner will merge its probate courts to use a single location, officials said this week. "These consolidations make fiscal sense and will produce more ...

Colorado’s probate courts have not followed laws enacted to protect vulnerable adults and children from abuse by guardians and conservators, state auditors reported Monday. They reported that in ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Muskegon County's circuit and probate courts are reorganizing, with new leadership in place and new duties coming for the judges. Bigger changes are in prospect starting Jan. 1 ...

FOLKSTON - The Charlton County Commission will ask the General Assembly to pass legislation next year to consolidate the county's probate and magistrate courts. The local legislation, which should ...

Probate Courts, which settle estates of the dead, administer trusts, oversee adoptions and appoint guardians for children, the frail elderly and the intellectually disabled, are targeted for a $32 ...

If that is true, the four probate courts in Harris County are doubly certain. Those courts have a dedicated focus on wills, guardianships and mental health hearings. Unless one of those families ...