For more information about this Court and Standard Court Forms, see: www.gaprobate.org.

Duties and services of the Judge and the office of the Candler County Probate Court include:

Estates:

• Probate of Wills
• Administration of Estates
• Twelve Months Support Applications
• Hearings on Accountings, Appraisals, Inventories, where required
• Revocation of Letters in Estates

Guardianships:

• Guardianship and Conservatorship of Incapacitated Adults
• Temporary Guardianships of Minors
• Permanent Guardianships of Minors (in the absence of a living parent or guardian)
• Conservatorships of Minors
• Revocation of Guardianships and Conservatorships
• Approval of the Transfers to Minors Act

Licensing:

• Marriage License
• Firearms License
• Business: Peddlers License, Fireworks License and Veterans License

Criminal:

• Probable Cause Hearings in Arrest Warrants against Law Enforcement or Educators as to Acts While in Performance of Regular Duties
• Writs of Habeas Corpus
• Bonds for Good Behavior and to Keep the Peace
• Acceptance of Waiver of Extradition Proceedings
• Violations of Comprehensive Litter Prevention and Abatement Act

Civil:

• Residency Determinations for other Agencies
• Suits to Establish Mutilated, Lost or Destroyed Public Records

Governmental:

• Appointment in Event of Vacancy in Certain County Offices such as Sheriff, Superior Court Clerk, Tax Commissioner, Coroner
• Disclosures of Sales to political subdivisions by employees or officials
• Grand jury panel selection upon failure of Superior Court
• Historical Data Preservation
• Legal Organ Selection along with Sheriff and Clerk of Court
• Swearing in Public Officers and maintaining records of Bonds of Public Officials
• Ordering guards for transportation of Capital felons in absence of a Superior Court Judge
• Certification of Publications on insurance
• Company Charters
• Establishment of non-UCC lost documents
• Registration of animal brands
• Registration of Junk dealers

Health and Safety:

• Petitions for Involuntary Outpatient treatment
• Inpatient evaluation orders in Mental, Drug and Alcohol cases
• Involuntary Sterilization procedures
• Rehabilitation of Mentally Retarded Persons
• Protection orders for disabled adults and elderly persons
• Orders for institutionalized patients to/from hospitals
• Fireworks permits pursuant to state and federal laws
• Insurance filings by itinerant entertainers
• Orders concerning condemned gasoline pumps

Real Estate:

• County boundary line changes
• Processioning in land line dispute (boundary changes)
• Petitions to clear private ways
• Petitions for orders for sale of property under execution