55th Circuit Court
Circuit CourtPayments online
Contact
- Address
- 225 W. Main, Clare County Courthouse, Harrison, MI 48625
- Phone
- (989) 539-7131
- Website
- www.clareco.net/Courts
- Hours
- Not posted publicly on this page
Judges (3)
- Honorable Joshua M. FarrellChief Judge
- Honorable Michelle AmbrozaitisCircuit Judge
- Honorable Tara S. HoveyCircuit Judge
Court contacts
ADA Coordinator
Mr. Steven R. Worpell(989) 539-7131
Court Administrator
Mr. Steven R. Worpell(989) 539-7131
Language Access Coordinator
Ms. Stacy J. Swan(989) 539-7131
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
- Address: 225 W. Main Street, Harrison, MI 48625; (989) 539-7131. Judges: Hon. Tara S. Hovey and Hon. Michelle J. Ambrozaitis. Confirmed genuinely shared circuit with Gladwin County. Friend of the Court (Director Rebecca Kreisher) operates from the same building, (989) 539-0800, 55thcircuitfoc.net. Parole & Probation: (989) 539-2458. ADA Coordinator: Steven Worpell.
- Shared court
- Serves Clare, Gladwin (confirmed)
Also worth knowing
- Family court plan
- Clare County MCR 8.117 plan
- Notes
- Clare County's court information page (clareco.net/Courts) covers Circuit, District, Probate, and Friend of the Court together on one consolidated page -- efficient for research but means each court's own detail is thinner than counties with dedicated per-court pages.
SCAO court code C55~1. 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.