Probate Judge: | Hon. Eric G. Blubaugh |
Probate Register: | Michelle Brosco |
Deputy Probate Register: | Vicki Lewis |
Probate Clerk: | Abby LaPlaunt |
About the Chippewa County Probate Court
The Chippewa County Probate Court has records dating back to 1828. The first Judge of Probate in Chippewa County was Honorable Francis Audrain. In 1828, the State of Michigan was considered the Northwest Territory and became a State on January 26, 1837.
Probate Court has jurisdiction and handles various types of cases, including:
- Decedent's estates
- Small estates
- Mentally ill matters
- Guardianships and/or conservatorships of both children and adults
- Protective orders
- Limited guardianships of both children and adults
- Guardianships for developmentally disabled individuals
- Names changes
- Will deposit for decedent or deposit for safekeeping
- Applications to open safe deposit boxes
- Safe delivery of newborn
- Administration of Trusts
- Condemnation and drain cases