Probate Division
The Probate Division of the Isabella County Trial Court handles matters involving decedent estates, petitions for hospitalization of mentally ill individuals, adoptions, name changes, guardianships and conservatorships.
For further information contact the Probate Division at (989) 317-4212.
Probate Filing Fees
| Petition for Guardianship of Incapacitated Individual or Minor – Includes $11.00 Certified Copy of Letter | *$186.00 |
| Petition for Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Individual | *No Filing Fee |
| Petition for Conservatorship or Protective Order – Includes $11.00 Certified Copy of Letter | *$186.00 |
| Application/Petition for Probate of Decedent Estate – Includes $11.00 Certified Copy of Letter | *$186.00 |
| Statement and Proof of Claim | $20.00 |
| Petition to Open a Safe Deposit Box | $10.00 |
| Wills Filed for Safe Keeping | $25.00 |
| Petition and Order for Assignment – Plus Inventory Fee +$11.00 Certified Copy of Order Fee | $25.00 |
| Petition for Name Change | $185.00 |
| Petition for Adoption | $185.00 |
| Adoption Homestudy | $100.00 |
| Petition to Release Adoption Information | $20.00 – $55.00 |
| Petition to Appoint Confidential Intermediary | $20.00 |
| Additional Petitions/Motions/Objections/Accounts | $20.00 |
| Certified Copies – Plus $1.00 for Each Additional Page | $10.00 |
| Xerox Copies | $1.00 per page |
*Add $125 for guardian ad litem/attorney fee