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Probate
Courts have jurisdiction over a wide variety of matters including:
Trusts and Estates
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probating wills
and the administration of estates;
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overseeing
testamentary and living trusts;
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determining
title to real and personal property; and
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construing the
meaning of wills and trusts.
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Guardians, Conservators and Civil Commitment
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appointing guardians for persons with
mental retardation;
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approving sterilizations and placements of
persons with mental retardation;
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appointing a guardian of the estate or
person for a child;
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appointing conservators of the person for
persons found to be incapable of caring for themselves or, in
certain cases, for persons with psychiatric disabilities;
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appointing conservators of the estate for
persons who are incapable of managing their own affairs; and
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committing persons with severe psychiatric
disabilities to an appropriate facility.
Parents
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removing unfit parents as guardians of
their children;
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hearing the claims of paternity of unwed
fathers;
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terminating the parental rights of parents
who cannot fulfill their parental responsibilities; and
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granting adoptions.
Other
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granting name changes;
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approving or disapproving the marriage of
persons under the age of 16 years or under the age of 18 where
no parent or guardian of the minor child is a U.S. resident;
and
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assisting persons in obtaining passports.
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