The Montgomery County Probate Office has always meant more to me than simply another branch of local government. It is part ...

The probate court in one of Alabama's biggest counties says it won't issue any marriage licenses at all after the Alabama Supreme Court disagreed with a federal court and upheld the state's ban on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard denies all allegations in a 120-page complaint against her that was ...

Suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard exceeded her authority by taking cases away from two lawyers and then ordering financial audits of the files without justification, a judge ...

For at least 10 years prior to 2009, Probate Court had between 65-69 employees in its two Divisions — Birmingham and Bessemer. Then, throughout 2009, when the county lost the occupational tax, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard is making a return to the Jefferson County Courthouse, but she won't be ...

Alabama is set Monday to become the 37th state where gays can legally wed, prompting one couple to pitch a tent outside a courthouse to wait even as the state's chief justice was making an 11th hour ...

Suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard is making a return to the Jefferson County Courthouse, but she won’t be donning a robe or gripping a gavel any time soon. Blanchard was ...