The Probate department of the District Court Clerk's Office is located on the 1st floor of the Johnson County Courthouse. The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

District Court Judge Charles Droege presides over probate cases.
District Court Judge Robert Wonnell presides over care and treatment cases.

Probate Forms

• Small Estates Affidavit
  ***This form does not get filed with the clerk’s office. This affidavit may be used to obtain the transfer, to a decedent’s successor in interest, of certain personal property that would be transferrable to the decedent, without obtaining letters of administration or letters testamentary, where the total value of the estate subject to probate does not exceed $40,000. The transfer is treated as one to the personal representative of the decedent, and the receipt of the transfer operates as a full discharge and release of the transferor.
• Probate Notice of Hearing
• Petition for Allowance of Demand – Claim Against Estate
• Annual Final Accounting
• Annual or Final Report of Guardian
• Report of Adoption

Pro-se Litigants

All new cases including pleadings that require a filing fee, see submission options below:

Fax: 913-715-3405 (Must complete and fax FAX PAYMENT FORM 2023 slip along with all other documents.)

**Paying by card, whether in fax or in person, has a $4.95 processing fee.**

In person: Johnson County District Court
Probate Department
150 W. Santa Fe Street, Olathe, KS 66061
(Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm)

Mail: Clerk of the District Court
Probate Clerk
150 W. Santa Fe Street, Olathe, KS 66061
(Check, money order or cashier’s check make payable to CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT)

We will not accept payment via email.

All other pleadings

Submit completed documents for filing to:

Email: [email protected]

Mail: Clerk of the District Court
Probate Clerk
150 W. Santa Fe Street
Olathe, KS 66061

In person: Johnson Country District Court
Probate Department
150 W. Santa Fe Street, Olathe, KS 66061
(Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm)

Attorneys

All attorneys must e-file all pleadings including new cases via our E-Filing system: https://jococourts.org

Probate Department Phone number: (913) 715-3370
Email Address: [email protected]

Guardianship and Conservatorship Workshop

Additional forms and information is available on the Kansas Judicial Council’s website.
https://www.kansasjudicialcouncil.org/legal-forms

Filing Fees (Effective July 1, 2015)

	Fee	Surcharge	Total
Guardian and Conservator	$71.00*	$22.00	$93.00
Trust Estate	$71.00*	$22.00	$93.00
Will Filed to Record	$50.00*	$22.00	$72.00
Determination of Descent	$51.00*	$22.00	$73.00
Testate Administration	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Intestate Administration	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Special Administration	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Informal Administration	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Probate of Foreign Will	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Absentee Estate	$111.00*	$22.00	$133.00
Refusal to Grant Letters	$50.00*	$22.00	$72.00
Adoption	$50.00*	$22.00	$72.00
Probate Transcript (other KS county)	$25.00*	$22.00	$47.00
Probate Transcript (other state)	$174.50*	$22.00	$196.50
Care and Treatment (Alcohol/Drug)	$36.00*	$22.00	$58.00
Care and Treatment (Mentally Ill)	$36.00*	$22.00	$58.00
Foreign Adoption	$14.00	$22.00	$36.00

*Includes an additional $1.50 law library fee under the authority of KSA 20-3129(b).