Housed in the historic domed Jefferson County Courthouse at 1 Courthouse Circle, Monticello, FL 32344 ((850) 342-0218, Extension 226 for Probate, Guardianship, and Official Records), the Jefferson County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller serves as the statutory registry and court-auditing authority for all Second Judicial Circuit probate estates, adult incapacity and guardianship proceedings (F.S. Chapter 744), Baker Act (F.S. Ch. 394) and Marchman Act (F.S. Ch. 397) petitions, and Elder Abuse / Vulnerable Adult Exploitation Injunctions (F.S. § 825.1035). The office is led by Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller Hon. Cecil 'Trey' Hightower III (appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis and sworn in November 1, 2024 to succeed interim FCCC Clerk of the Year Hon. Jason L. Welty, who returned to serve as Executive Director of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation [CCOC]), while Jefferson County Court and local judicial dockets in Courthouse Room 3 ((850) 342-0191) are presided over by County Judge Hon. Robert Ridgely Plaines (FL Bar #473080, admitted May 31, 1985; Samford University Cumberland School of Law J.D.; 0 disciplinary history). For incapacitated, low-income Jefferson County seniors who have no willing or qualified family member to serve as guardian, this listing also integrates the state-designated Second Judicial Circuit Public Guardian, North Florida Office of Public Guardian, Inc. (Florida Sunbiz 501(c)(3) Document #N03000000947, filed January 30, 2003; Executive Director Karen P. Campbell; 1425 E Piedmont Dr, Ste 201-B, Tallahassee, FL 32308, (850) 487-4609, https://www.northfloridaopg.org), appointed by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs Office of Public and Professional Guardians (OPPG) under F.S. Chapter 744, Part IX.