Services of the Probate Court
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
- 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