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A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
Lorain County (/ l ɔː ˈ r eɪ n /) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. [2] Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. [3] The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. [4]
While the Chancery Court and Tennessee's Circuit Court, the court of general civil and criminal jurisdiction, [3] may share a set of procedural rules in each county, there are some distinct rules applying to the separate courts. [5] [6] Parties in the Chancery Court are entitled to have a jury try issues of material fact. [7]
[12] [13] Summit County [12] and Cuyahoga County [14] have chosen an alternate form of government. The other counties have a government with a three-member board of county commissioners, [ 15 ] a sheriff, [ 16 ] coroner, [ 17 ] auditor, [ 18 ] treasurer, [ 19 ] clerk of the court of common pleas [ 20 ] prosecutor, [ 21 ] engineer, [ 22 ] and ...
Lorain (/ l ɔː ˈ r eɪ n /) [8] is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Northeast Ohio on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Black River , about 25 miles (40 km) west of Cleveland .
Mayor's courts are state courts in Ohio created by some municipalities. Mayor's courts hear traffic cases , violations of city ordinances and other misdemeanors . The presiding officer is a magistrate (not a judge ) appointed by the mayor , or even being the mayor, and paid by the city or village.
As the Florida appellate court pointed out, "[w]e cannot rewrite Florida probate law to accommodate a Michigan attorney more familiar with the Uniform Probate Code." [ 4 ] The Uniform Law Commission does not list Florida as one of the states that has adopted the Uniform Probate Code.