Section 600.803 - Probate court district(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county that is not part of a probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate.(2) Each probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate.(3) The county of Sanilac has 1 judge of probate. Under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Sanilac is combined with the office of judge of the seventy-third-a judicial district.(4) The county of Huron has the following number of judges of probate: (a) Beginning April 1, 2012, under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Huron is combined with the office of judge of the seventy-third-b judicial district, and the county of Huron shall have 2 judges of probate. The judgeship added under this subdivision must be filled by the incumbent judge of the seventy-third-b judicial district, who shall become a probate judge for the county of Huron for the balance of the term to which the judge was elected.(b) Beginning the earlier of the following dates, the county of Huron has 1 judge of probate:(i) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of probate judge in this county.(ii) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent probate judge in this county no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.(5) The county of Chippewa has 1 judge of probate. Under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Chippewa is combined with the office of judge of the ninety-first judicial district.(6) The counties of Berrien, Genesee, Ingham, Monroe, Muskegon, Saginaw, St. Clair, and Washtenaw each have 2 judges of probate.(7) The county of Macomb has 2 judges of probate. Subject to section 805, the county of Macomb may have 1 additional judge of probate beginning January 1, 2025.(8) The county of Kalamazoo has 3 judges of probate.(9) The county of Kent has 5 judges of probate.(10) The county of Oakland has 4 judges of probate.(11) The county of Wayne has 8 judges of probate.(12) When 1 or more new judges of probate are authorized in a county under this section, the new judgeship or judgeships must appear on the ballot separate and apart from other judicial offices of the same court in the primary and general election.Amended by 2023, Act 310,s 1, eff. 12/14/2023.Amended by 2022, Act 8,s 5, eff. 2/9/2022.Amended by 2012, Act 36,s 2, eff. 2/28/2012.Amended by 2011, Act 300,s 2, eff. 12/22/2011.Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. 7/1/1979 ;--Am. 1980, Act 129, Imd. Eff. 5/22/1980 ;--Am. 1998, Act 55, Imd. Eff. 4/8/1998 ;--Am. 2001, Act 253, Eff. 3/22/2002 ;--Am. 2002, Act 715, Eff. 3/31/2003.