INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS | MUSKINGUM COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Civil involuntary commitments of the mentally ill and mentally disabled to state hospitals are the responsibility of the probate court. The court is required to hold evidentiary hearings to determine the appropriateness of commitment and the length and place of treatment. Since the involuntary commitment involves the loss of liberty, the court insures protection of an individual’s rights by providing legal representations at each step of the commitment process.

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Physical Address

401 Main Street, Zanesville, OH 43701

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm.

Voice

(740) 455-7113

Fax

(740) 455-7173

Website

https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Courts/Probate/

Application process

Call for information.

Fee

Varies with service provided.

Eligibility

Muskingum County residents.

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MUSKINGUM COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Probate Court has jurisdiction to hear over two hundred (200) separate kinds of cases. They include the administration of decedent's estates, consent for medical treatment, the appointment of guardians for minors and incapacitated adults and the supervision of their property, civil involuntary commitments of the mentally ill, adoptions, birth record corrections and registrations, changes of name, issuance of marriage licenses, supervision of testamentary trusts (those created by will) and interpretation and enforcement of inter vivos trusts (those created during a person's lifetime), land appropriations, will constructions and will contests. With the exception of adoptions and hearings involving the involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill, probate court hearings are open to the public and probate court records are public records.