One of the state’s 123 probate courts.  Responsible for the following;

• probating wills and the administration of estates
• overseeing testamentary and living trusts
• determining title to real and personal property
• construing the meaning of wills and trusts
• appointing guardians for the mentally retarded
• appointing conservators of the person and the estate of incapable individuals
• committing those suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction to an appropriate facility
• removing unfit parents as guardians of their children
• terminating the parental rights of parents who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities
• granting adoptions
• granting name changes & other matters, many of which are extremely delicate and complex and some of which are confidential