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In 1968, the Modern Courts Amendment to the Ohio Constitution was adopted, establishing probate divisions of the courts of common pleas instead. Probate courts additionally have jurisdiction over the issuance of marriage licenses, adoption proceedings, determination of sanity or mental competency and certain eminent domain proceedings.
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.
Clark County was established in 1818 and was carved from lands from Champaign, Greene, and Madison counties. The court met in various locations in Springfield but no budget allowed for the construction of a courthouse. In 1819, the commissioners were approached by a group of citizens who pledged $2,215 to the construction of a permanent courthouse.
The lawsuit filed Friday in Clark County Superior Court alleges election officials failed to update databases of registered voters in District 18 and that more than 1,000 votes counted in the race ...
Clark County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census , the population was 136,001. [ 2 ] Its county seat and largest city is Springfield . [ 3 ]
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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 state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
Feyen is the chief judge of Ottawa County's Probate Court. He's also the court's longest serving judge. He was first elected in 1988, starting his judicial career on Jan. 1, 1989.