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Committee hears testimony on HB 4749 to create a stand‑alone judgeship in Antrim County; judge requests one‑year implementation window
Summary
Rep. Roth and Judge Stacy Truesdale testified in favor of HB 4749, a bill to separate Antrim County into its own judicial unit and create a judgeship to serve district and probate dockets. Witnesses cited travel distances, lack of local services, and expected county costs; SCALE asked for a year between enactment and implementation.
House Bill 4749, introduced by Rep. Roth, would alter the district/probate court configuration in Antrim County to create a single local judgeship handling both district and probate business. Rep. Roth and Judge Stacy Truesdale described significant geographic and service‑access challenges under the current multi‑county arrangement (Leelanau, Grand Traverse and Antrim), and testified that Antrim residents experience lengthy travel times to the current hub in Traverse City.
Judge Truesdale said stakeholders — including…
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