Please take notice:

Effective September 15, 2025, the Wayne County Probate Court has implemented a new form, Form WCPC 262 Guardian's Financial Disclosure of Ward's Assets. This form should be used by guardians in adult guardianship cases (GA and GL case types). Upon appointment of a guardian in these cases, the guardian must file and serve on all interested parties, including the ward, the Guardian’s Financial Disclosure of Ward’s Assets, form WCPC 262, within 56 days of qualification as guardian (MCR 5.409(B)). In addition, this form (WCPC 262) must be filed and served with the Annual Report of Guardian on Condition of Legally Incapacitated Individual when there is more cash or property than what was previously report to the court.

Effective May 1, 2025, Wayne County Probate Court has implemented a new local court form, wcpc96, to be used in the situations described at: WCPC - Emergency Filings and Request to adjourn/reschedule hearing or withdraw a petition.

All proofs of publication (Affidavits of Publication) for all types of required notice in a case must be submitted to the court for filing. The newspaper company, for example, Detroit Legal News, does not file this Affidavit on your behalf. If you are the party/attorney for party who was required to publish, it is your responsibility to timely submit this proof of publication to the Court. The Affidavit of Publication must be submitted to the Records Department (filedept@wcpc.us) per the Where Do I File chart (wheredoifile). See the Publication section, WCPC - Publication, for additional information.

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