Chippewa County Probate Court

Probate Court

Contact

Address
319 Court Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Judges (2)

  • Honorable Eric BlubaughProbate Judge
  • Honorable James P. LambrosChief 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.

Jurisdiction

Divisions
Officially the 17th Probate Court. Address: 319 Court Street, Garden Level (Basement), Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783; (906) 635-6314. Judge: Hon. Eric G. Blubaugh. Handles decedent's estates, mentally ill matters, guardianships/conservatorships (children and adults, including developmentally disabled), protective orders, name changes, will deposits, safe-deposit-box applications, Safe Delivery of Newborns Law matters, trust administration, and condemnation/drain cases. Records date back to 1828.

Also worth knowing

Notes
No mention of adoptions/child-protection/juvenile handling on this page — likely sits with the Circuit Court's Family Division here, consistent with the Circuit Court's own page listing family law matters, but not independently confirmed this pass.

SCAO court code P17. 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.