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

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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Maine
Maine has 16 probate courts under county, not state, court system jurisdiction. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, adoption, and miscellaneous domestic relations matters and do not allow jury trials. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health and juvenile matters and does not allow jury trials.

• Maine Probate Information
  • Local Government Portal
• Maine District Courts

Maryland
Maryland has an Orphans' Court in 22 counties with 66 judges that handle estate matters, except in Montgomery and Harford counties, where the Circuit Court handles it.

• Maryland Orphans' Court
• Maryland Circuit Courts

Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 14 divisions of probate and family courts with 51 justices. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, support/custody, paternity, domestic violence, miscellaneous civil, adoption, and divorce cases. The court does not allow jury trials. The state has a separate juvenile court, which allows jury trials.

• Massachusetts Probate Courts by County

Michigan
Michigan has 78 probate courts and 106 judges. The courts have jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters and allow some jury trials.

• Michigan Probate Courts
  • Probate: Frequently Asked Questions [PDF]

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

• Minnesota District Courts
  • Fourth Judicial District Court Probate/Mental Health Division

Mississippi
The Chancery Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, divorce, support/custody, and paternity matters.

• Mississippi Administrative Office of Courts
  • Mississippi Chancery Judge List [PDF]

Missouri
Missouri does not have a separate probate court. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction over probate matters. The Circuit Court has four probate and three deputy probate commissioners.

• Missouri Circuit Courts

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

• Montana District Courts

Nebraska
Nebraska does not have a separate probate court. Nebraska has 93 County Courts in 12 districts, which have jurisdiction over estate, adoption, and juvenile matters. These courts have 59 judges and allow jury trials, except in juvenile cases. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health cases.

• Nebraska County Courts

Nevada
Nevada does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials for most cases.

• Nevada District Courts

New Hampshire
New Hampshire has two probate courts, which have jurisdiction over adoption, termination of parental rights, guardianships, trusts, wills, estates, involuntary commitments, and some equity matters. The courts do not allow jury trials.

• New Hampshire Probate Court

New Jersey
New Jersey does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over civil, estate, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials for most cases.

• New Jersey Superior Courts

New Mexico
New Mexico has 33 probate courts and 33 judges. These courts have jurisdiction over uncontested estate cases, but contested cases go to District Court. The District Court also has jurisdiction over juvenile and mental health matters.

• New Mexico Courts
  • Bernalillo County Probate Court

New York
In New York the Surrogates Court has jurisdiction over adoption and estate. The court allows jury trials in estate cases. The Family Court has jurisdiction over guardianship and juvenile cases and does not allow jury trials.

• New York Trial Courts by County
• New York City Surrogates' Courts
• New York City Family Court

North Carolina
North Carolina does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over estate cases and allows jury trials. The District Court has jurisdiction over mental health and juvenile cases. The District Court allows jury trials in civil cases only.

• North Carolina Trial Courts (Superior Ct., District Ct.)

North Dakota
North Dakota does not have a separate probate court. The District Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials in many cases.

• North Dakota District Courts

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