19th Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Contact
- Address
- 448 Court Place, Beulah, MI 49617
- Phone
- (231) 882-9671
Judges (1)
- Honorable David A. ThompsonChief Judge
Court contacts
ADA Coordinator
Mrs. Kim Long-Miller(231) 882-9671
Court Administrator
Ms. Karen Feliczak(231) 882-9671
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
- SCAO forms via courts.mi.gov
Jurisdiction
- Divisions
- Address: 448 Court Place, Beulah, MI 49617. CONFIRMED shared with Manistee County -- this county's own page states outright: 'The 19th Judicial is comprised of two counties, Manistee and Benzie.' Judge Hon. David A. Thompson. Handles civil >$25,000, felonies, domestic relations, appeals; Family Division handles adoptions, juvenile delinquency, PPOs, abuse/neglect.
- Shared court
- Serves Benzie, Manistee (confirmed)
Also worth knowing
- Family court plan
- Benzie County MCR 8.117 plan
- Notes
- Site had drifted from the old benzieco.net domain (404s on all subpages) to the current benzieco.gov -- fetched successfully there. See Manistee's row (rank 58) for the reciprocal confirmation.
SCAO court code C19~1. 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.