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Probate court requests stable general‑fund support, warns year‑two shortfall if sweep resumes
Summary
Probate Court Administrator Beverly Stryte told the Appropriations Subcommittee the probate system needs $16 million in fiscal 2026 to stabilize operations and warned the governor's proposal leaves a probable shortfall in fiscal 2027 if the statutory sweep of excess probate fee revenue is not suspended.
Beverly Stryte, the state’s probate court administrator, told the Appropriations Subcommittee on Feb. 13 that probate‑court workload continues to grow and the court is asking the legislature for a general‑fund appropriation to stabilize operations and the court’s fee‑fund reserve.
Stryte said the system requested $16,000,000 in general‑fund assistance for fiscal 2026 and asked the legislature to suspend an automatic sweep of probate fee revenue at the end of the current fiscal year. The governor’s proposal, Stryte said, would leave the probate court at the current-year appropriation level for fiscal 2026 and would not suspend the sweep in year two — a combination she said would likely produce a shortfall in fiscal 2027.
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