26th Circuit Court

Circuit Court

Contact

Address
720 W. Chisholm St., Alpena County Courthouse, Alpena, MI 49707

Judges (1)

  • Honorable Keith Edward BlackChief Judge

Court contacts

Filing and payment

E-filing (MiFILE)
Not on SCAO's statewide MiFILE court list (checked 8/27/2026, list dated 7/23/2025) — either not yet on MiFILE, or on a system this particular list doesn't track. Verify directly with the court.
Forms
SADO/state-approved forms linked via alpenacounty.org's Court Information & Forms page; no county-specific forms called out separately

Jurisdiction

Divisions
Address: Alpena County Courthouse, 720 W. Chisholm, Alpena, MI 49707. Phone (989) 354-9573, fax (989) 354-9643. Handles civil >$25,000, all felony matters, PPOs, and all family matters; appeals from District/administrative agencies. Family Division handles custody, divorce, paternity, child support, juvenile delinquency, abuse/neglect, adoptions, name changes, emancipations. A third-party legal directory (SADO) lists this as a shared '26th Circuit Court - Alpena, Montmorency Counties'; Montmorency's own court site (montmorencycourts.com) links out to this same alpenacounty.org page and uses the identical '26th Circuit' name for its own Circuit Court, but neither county's own page explicitly states the shared-county arrangement in so many words -- treated as very likely shared (same court number, cross-linked pages) but flagged as slightly less than fully confirmed, unlike e.g. Clare/Gladwin where a judge's bio states the shared-county language directly.
Shared court
Serves Alpena, Montmorency (likely)

Also worth knowing

SCAO court code C26~1. Compiled from the Michigan SCAO trial court directory and this court's own website, last checked 2026-08-29. Confirm anything time-sensitive with the court directly.