Following are some notes of local practice in this Court:

• A certified death certificate is required in all new estates.
• A family tree is required in all new estates.
• If corrections are required, the original documents will not be returned. The corrections may be made by either submitting an affidavit of correction or submitting a new, amended, document.
• The use of an a/k/a for all parties is necessary when the papers reveal a discrepancy in the name for a particular individual. For example, this can occur when a middle initial is used one place and a middle name is used in another place, or when an individual's name has been changed.
• The venue of all acknowledgments must indicate the proper state and county where a document was signed and notarized.
• Parties should submit all proposed orders and decrees. The Court does not normally prepare these papers.