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The Michigan Legislature mandated that all Circuit Courts develop a plan for a Family Division. The law moved the Juvenile Division of the Probate Court to the Family Division of the Circuit Court, and required the assignment of the Probate Judge to function in that Division. The idea was to assure that a family involved in both Probate and Circuit litigation, such as a divorce or a neglect and abuse petition, had a single judge handling all matters. Leelanau County has one elected Probate Judge, the Honorable Joseph E. Deegan, who handles all Probate matters and serves in the Family Division. The Family Division handles all divorces, paternities, non-support actions, child custody and parenting time disputes, neglect and abuse petitions, adoptions, juvenile delinquency matters and personal protection orders (PPOs). |
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