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Delaware
The Court of Chancery handles probate matters, including estate, real property rights, and mental health. The court allows no jury trials. Delaware has a separate family court that handles juvenile matters and does not allow jury trials.

• Delaware Court of Chancery
• Delaware Family Court

District of Columbia
D.C. does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court handles probate matters.

• D.C. Superior Court Probate Division

Florida
Florida does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials.

• Florida Circuit Courts

Georgia
Georgia has 159 probate courts and 159 judges. Georgia only has probate courts in counties with a population over 96,000 and where the probate judge is an attorney who has been practicing for at least 7 years. The courts have jurisdiction over mental health, estate, miscellaneous civil, moving traffic, and DWI/DUI matters.

• Georgia Probate Court

Hawai'i
Hawaii does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials.

• Hawai'i Circuit Courts

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Idaho
Idaho does not have a separate probate court. The Magistrates Division has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.

• Idaho State Judiciary

Illinois
Illinois does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile cases.

• Circuit Court of Illinois

Indiana
Indiana has only one specialized probate court with jurisdiction over adoption, estate, and miscellaneous civil and juvenile matters. In the rest of the state, probate proceedings are handled in county superior or district courts.

• St. Joseph Probate Court
• Indiana Trial Courts and Clerks

Iowa
Iowa does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has one associate probate judge and 12 associate juvenile judges. The court does not allow jury trials in juvenile or mental health cases.

• Iowa's Judicial Districts

Kansas
Kansas does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile cases.

• Kansas District Courts

Kentucky
Kentucky does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters.

• Kentucky Circuit Court

Louisiana
Louisiana does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, adoption, and juvenile matters. However, the state has a separate juvenile court and family court.

• Louisiana District Courts
  • 19th Judicial District Court Civil/Probate Processing

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