Alabama
Alabama has 68 probate courts and 68 judges. The courts have jurisdiction over mental health, estate, adoption, and real property rights cases and do not allow jury trials.

• Alabama State Judicial Chart
• Alabama County Web Site Listings
  • Baldwin County Probate Court
  • Jefferson County Probate Court
  • Mobile County Probate Court
  • Montgomery County Probate Judgeship

Alaska
Alaska does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over property rights, estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court allows jury trials in most cases.

• Alaska Trial Courts (Superior, District and Magistrate Cts.)

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

• Arizona Superior Courts
  • Superior Court of Maricopa County Probate and Mental Health Department
• Elder Law/Probate (Arizona Supreme Court)

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

• Arkansas Circuit Courts

California
California does not have a separate probate court. The Superior Court has jurisdiction over estate, mental health, and juvenile matters. The court does not allow jury trials for juvenile cases.

• California Superior Courts
• California Guardianship Probate Court

Colorado
Colorado has a separate probate court in Denver County only; in the rest of the state, district courts handle probate proceedings. Additionally, Colorado has a separate juvenile court.

• Colorado District Courts
• Denver Probate Court

Connecticut
Connecticut has a separate probate court with 130 judges. The court has jurisdiction over estate, adoption, support/custody, paternity, miscellaneous domestic relations, mental health, and miscellaneous civil cases. The court does not allow jury trials.

• Connecticut Probate Court