How to Administer a Wayne County Probate Case

• Conservatorship:
  • Training for Newly Appointed Conservators
• Inventory - Conservatorship
• Decedents Estate
  • Training for Newly Appointed Personal Representatives
  • Inventory - Decedent Estate
• Guardianship
  • Training for Newly Appointed Guardians
  • Guardianship for an Individual with a Developmental Disability
  • Inventory - Individual with Developmental Disability
• Involuntary Mental Health Treatment
  • Petition for Involuntary Mental Health Treatment

How to Complete Forms

Please visit the Court’s YouTube channel for video instructions on how to complete various Probate forms.

• Conservatorship Account
• Decedent's Estate Account
• Inventory

• Settlements and Judgments Involving Minors and Legally Incapacitated Individuals
• Waiver and Consent -- Sample Language

1. Fill out the forms.  These can be printed out from this website.  Fill them out (type them or use dark ink).  Forms are also available in Room 1307 of the Court.   


2. Make sure your forms are completely filled out.
• Did you sign all of them?
• Are all the interested persons listed, along with their addresses, including zip codes?
• You may wish to get a waiver and consent form signed by each interested person.  Except for guardianships, getting these forms may make it easier to start your case. 
• If you need help filling out the form, contact an attorney.     

How to Close a Wayne County Probate Case

• Conservatorship
  • Conservatorship for Adults
  • Conservatorship for Minors
• Decedent's Estate
• Guardianship
  • Guardianship for Adults
  • Guardianship for an Individual with a Developmental Disability
  • Guardianship for Minors (Full)
  • Guardianship for Minors (Limited)

Probate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

General Probate Court Frequently Asked Questions

• Administrative Closings of Probate Cases
• Address when No Known Heir - Attorney General Address - No Known Heir
• (opens in new window)Addresses for Miscellaneous Government Parties for Notification in Probate Proceedings
• Bonds
• Copy Request
• ePayment Instructions
• Independent Evaluator List
• Legal Aid
• Letters of Authority - How to obatin with a new Expiration Date
• Notice of Hearing - serving documents on interested parties
• Probate Records\Transcript Request
• Where do I file
• Will Filed With the Court - release of wills filed for safekeeping
• Will Inquiry

Minors and Adults Frequently Asked Questions

• Adoption Records Request
• Child Custody Action versus Minor Guardianship Proceeding
• Child Support Questions
• Guardianship/Conservatorship for Adults
• Guardianship/Conservatorship for Minors
• Juvenile Court Questions
• Name Change
• Power of Attorney
• Sale of Real Estate
• Settlements and Judgements Involving Minors and Legally Incapacitated Individuals

Decedent Estate and Trust Frequently Asked Questions

• Dead Bodies - Disinterment/Exhumation
• (opens in new window)EPIC Cost of Living Adjustments
• Federal Estate Tax Exemption Amounts
• Intestate Succession Under EPIC (Heirs to an Estate)
• Medical Records of Decedent
• (opens in new window)Michigan Public Administrators
• Money Due from Decedent’s Employer (Wages & Fringe Benefits)
• Motor Vehicles – Transfer of Decedent’s Title
• Reopening Decedent's Estate
• Sale of Real Estate
• Will Filed With the Court - release of wills filed for safekeeping
• Will Inquiry

Guardianship and Estates Ombudsman

    For more information, please click here.

Mediation/Dispute Resolution

A party may request that a matter or a particular issue be referred to mediation and the court may refer a matter to mediation at any time. Please review the following links for additional information about mediation of WCPC cases.

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• List of Court Approved Mediators
• Mediation Guide - Questions and Answers
• (opens in new window)Mediator Application (MC 281)
• WCPC ADR Plan
• Mediation Status Report (MC 280) to be completed by Mediator

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