Probate Court busy with normal caseload in 2020
Beigel
SIDNEY — The Shelby County Probate Court’s responsibilities include the probating of wills, trusts and estates, the guardianships of minors and incompetent adults, adoptions, will contests, name changes, marriage licenses, civil proceedings, disinterment, minor settlements, structured settlements, mental illness, wrongful death and litigation related to these types of cases.
Judge Jeffrey Beigel has submitted the following report:
The Probate Court was busy with a caseload consistent with the prior year. In 2020 the year started out with 515 pending cases and marriage licenses from 2019, with an additional 359 new cases then filed and 287 marriage licenses issued. At year end the Court maintained an active docket of 554 pending cases and marriage licenses in process, with 612 cases and marriage licenses being completed and disposed of in 2020. Pending cases include 265 estates, 180 guardianships of incompetents, 32 guardianships of minors, five adoptions, five civil actions, 17 trust matters, 36 marriage licenses, and other miscellaneous cases.