136 Pryor Street SW
Suite C-230
404-613-4070

The mission of the Probate Court is to carry out the duties assigned to it under the Constitution and laws of Georgia as a Court of Record with exclusive jurisdiction over the following:

• deceased persons' estates
• guardianship of minors and incapacitated adults
• determining the need for involuntary treatment of mentally ill
• mentally retarded and drug and alcohol dependent individuals
• issuance of marriage and firearms licenses.
  
  The Probate Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction over:
• the probating of wills of decedents
• appointing administrators and executors of decedent's estates
• issuing marriage and firearms licenses
• appointing guardians for minors and incapacitated adults
• holding hearings and making judicial determinations in all controversies involving incapacitated adults, minors, and estates of decedents.