Section 600.810 - Probate court district; effective date; election of probate judge.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
600.810 Probate court district; effective date; election of probate judge.
Sec. 810.
Except when section 809 results in an earlier effective date, a probate court district created under section 808 becomes effective upon the beginning date of the term for which an incumbent probate judge in any county in the district no longer seeks reelection to that office that occurs not less than 220 days after the vote on the question. At the general election immediately preceding that date, 1 probate judge for the district shall be elected as provided in section 808(5).
History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005