Probate Court - List of Probate Courts

List of Probate Courts

  • England and Wales
    • Prerogative court - former
    • Court of Probate - former
    • High Court of Justice Family Division - current
  • United States (state courts)
    • California Superior Court
    • Connecticut - Connecticut Probate Courts (a system of 54 probate court districts)
    • District of Columbia - Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Probate Division
    • Georgia - Court of Ordinary (judge known as ordinary) (former)
    • Massachusetts - Probate and Family Court
    • Missouri - conducted by Circuit Courts, some of which have separate probate divisions
    • New Hampshire - New Hampshire Probate Court
    • New Jersey - New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part
    • New York - New York Surrogate's Court (judges known as surrogates)
    • Ohio - conducted by Courts of Common Pleas, Family and Probate Divisions
    • Vermont - Probate Courts (one in each of Vermont's 14 counties)
  • Canada
    • New Brunswick - Probate Court of New Brunswick
    • Nova Scotia - Probate Court of Nova Scotia
    • All other provinces process probate through their superior courts.

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