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The people of Lake County are served by the Michigan Fourth District Court of Appeals, a circuit court, district court, and probate court.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan has jurisdiction in Lake County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Judges[edit]

Lake County, Michigan

Circuit Court[edit]

51st Circuit Court, Michigan

Susan K. Sniegowski
Peter J. Wadel (Chief judge, Mason)
Mark S. Wickens (Chief judge, Lake)^[1]^[2]

District Court[edit]

Michigan Seventy-ninth Judicial District Court

Peter J. Wadel
Mark S. Wickens (Chief judge) ^[3]

Probate Court[edit]

Lake County Probate Court, Michigan

Mark S. Wickens^[4]

External links[edit]

Michigan Courts
Lake County, Michigan website

Footnotes[edit]

↑ Michigan Courts, "Mason County," accessed July 8, 2014
↑ Michigan Courts, "Lake County," accessed July 8, 2014
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named lake
↑ Michigan Courts, "Lake County," accessed March 24, 2015

Elections[edit]

See also: Michigan judicial elections

Michigan is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Michigan, click here.

Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2025
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2024
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2023
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2022
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2021
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2020
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2019
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2018
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2017
Michigan local trial court judicial elections, 2016
Michigan judicial elections, 2014
Michigan judicial elections, 2012
Michigan judicial elections, 2010

Election rules[edit]

Primary election[edit]

If there are more than twice the number of candidates than there are judgeships up for election, the race will appear on the primary election ballot. In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election.

General election[edit]

If there are not more than twice the amount of candidates than there are persons to be elected, the race will not appear on the primary election ballot, but only on the general election ballot.^[1]

Ties[edit]

If two or more candidates in a race receive the same number of votes, the election is to be decided by lot. In a process run by a county clerk, the candidates choose slips of paper from a box that say either "elected" or "not elected".^[2]

↑ Michigan Legislature, "Michigan Election Law, Section 168.540," accessed July 9, 2014
↑ Michigan Legislature, "Michigan Election Law, Section 168.851," accessed August 27, 2014

[1] Michigan Courts, "Mason County," accessed July 8, 2014

[2] Michigan Courts, "Lake County," accessed July 8, 2014

[lake-3] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named lake

[4] Michigan Courts, "Lake County," accessed March 24, 2015

[5] Michigan Legislature, "Michigan Election Law, Section 168.540," accessed July 9, 2014

[6] Michigan Legislature, "Michigan Election Law, Section 168.851," accessed August 27, 2014

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