Housed inside the historic Madison County Courthouse at 125 SW Range Avenue, Madison, FL 32340 ((850) 973-1500), the Madison County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller — Probate & Guardianship Division (Hon. Billy Washington, Clerk of Court; presiding alongside Madison County Judge Hon. E. Bailey Browning III and 3rd Judicial Circuit Judge Hon. Cary A. "Bo" Hardee III) serves as the statutory Third Judicial Circuit Probate, Guardianship, Mental Health (Baker Act / Marchman Act), and Vulnerable Adult Protective Injunction registry for Madison County under Florida Statutes Chapters 731–735 and 744. The division accepts statutory Original Will deposits (required within 10 days of notice of death under F.S. § 732.901), processes small-estate Dispositions of Personal Property Without Administration (F.S. § 735.301), Summary Probate Administration (<= $75,000 or decedent dead > 2 years), Formal Probate Administration, plenary and limited adult incapacity/guardianship petitions, annual guardianship plan and accounting audits, and zero-filing-fee Vulnerable Adult Elder Abuse & Financial Exploitation Protective Injunctions (F.S. § 825.1035), while Official Records records Enhanced Life Estate ("Lady Bird") deeds and durable powers of attorney. For incapacitated, indigent older adults in Madison (32340), Greenville (32331), Lee (32059), Pinetta (32350), and Cherry Lake (32340) who have no willing or qualified family member to serve as guardian, the Court appoints the statutory DOEA Office of Public and Professional Guardians (OPPG) Public Guardian covering Madison County: North Florida Office of Public Guardian, Inc. (NFOPG, Sunbiz Doc #N03000000947, EIN 16-1652866, Executive Director Karen P. Campbell, Esq., 1425 E Piedmont Dr, Ste 201-B, Tallahassee, FL 32308, (850) 487-4609 ext. 100).