Barry County Probate Court
Probate CourtPayments online
Contact
- Address
- 206 W. Court St., Barry County Courts & Law Building, Hastings, MI 49058
- Phone
- (269) 945-1390
- Hours
- Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m., closed for lunch 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Judges (1)
- Honorable William M. DohertyChief Judge
Court contacts
ADA Coordinator
Mrs. Daisey Cherniawski(269) 945-1390
ADA Coordinator
Mr. David M. Pelon(269) 945-1390
Court Administrator
Ms. Ines Straube(269) 945-1390
Language Access Coordinator
Ms. Ines Straube(269) 945-1390
Probate Register
Mr. Benjamin S. O'Hearn(269) 945-1390
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
- Inventory fee calculator; Affidavit of Decedent's Successor form; guardianship/conservatorship guidance; supervised and unsupervised (formal/informal) probate procedure guides; estate administration guide
Jurisdiction
- Divisions
- Handles estates/trusts administration, guardianships, conservatorships, mental commitment proceedings, will interpretation/intestate succession. Valid photo ID required of all petitioners. Address: Barry County Courts & Law Building, 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058; (269) 945-1390.
Also worth knowing
- Family court plan
- Barry County MCR 8.117 plan
- Notes
- Master directory's Website column for this row (family_court/index.php) actually points to the county's separate Family Court section, not the Probate Court's own page (probate_court1/index.php) — flagged as a Website-column correction, similar in kind to the domain-drift issue found in other counties.
SCAO court code P08. 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.