The mismanagement and alleged misconduct of the
Allegan County Probate Court

the abject failure of the Probate Judge to perform judicial duties who was more concerned with his Pickleball game. It is documented, the Probate Judge delegated duties to the Probate Register in contested matters 20-62158-CZ, 21-62791-TV, 21-62806-TV, and 21-62791-TV in violation of MCL 600.834(1).

The incompetence, ignorance, bias and alleged corruption
was and is staggering.

Just because someone is elected probate judge does not mean
they can do the job that can devastate a family by the failure to
enforce Michigan laws as written.

Jolene Clearwater,
the new probate judge in Allegan County as of January 1, 2026
is no better.

Michael Buck - Probate Judge

I will never refer to this man as "honorable" for he is not. His beady eyes tell the story of judicial corruption. As an attorney in the prosecutor's office he should have recognized fraud, embezzlement, elder adult abuse from the outset. But he intentionally ignored the documented exploitation of Ralph Siddell before his death.

He may have fooled some of the Allegan County citizens when performing adoption duties, but the documentary evidence demonstrates a lazy, incompetent judge who engaged in misconduct in office, orders that were fraud, and failed to enforce the laws - he had had no interest in doing the job the voters of Allegan County elected him to do.

A judge must be proficient in all areas of law that he or she is responsible for administering or they just make matters worse and violate constitutional rights. Follow along to discover our experience in Allegan County with this corrupt individual.

Michael Buck had no interest of showing up. He improperly and illegally delegated judicial duties to his unelected probate register Jonathan Blair that exceeded the Blair's authority under MCL 600.834(1), MCR 8.301 and his own administrative order P03 2019-03.

When Buck finally decided to show up -- after he was reported to the County of Allegan and the Judicial Tenure Commission - he was persistently late and more interested in his Pickleball game.

Buck was completely incompetent to handle estate and trust disputes. The loser didn't even know what the standard of proof was for determining a trust dispute because he had to ask the lawyers. Buck asked the lawyers how does someone put assets in or take asset out of a trust and relied on the ridiculous explanation by Jeffrey Helder of Cunningham & Dalman, a lawyer in Holland, Michigan who was dishonest and corrupt and aided and abetted Heilman and Stoutin's financial exploitation of elderly adults in violation of MCL 750.174(1) and MCL 750.174a(1).

Allegan County recently elected a new probate judge. Jolene Clearwater. Unfortunately, she's no better. Michigan needs to ensure their elected judges know the law or I suggest you not create a Michigan trust!.

Good riddance Buck you incapable and dishonest jackass.

Jonathan Blair is one of the most ignorant and vile humans on the planet.

Allegan County should be grateful that Jonathan Blair was required to remove his name from the 2024 ballot to fill one of two positions as an Allegan County Probate Judge.

Jonathan Blair is incompetent and has the temperament of a pit viper. He routinely exceeded his authority in violation of MCL 600.834(1) and MCR 8.301. Jonathan acted as though he were king.

How does Allegan come up with these people?!

We will be reporting Jonathan to the Attorney Grievance Commission and hope that he loses his ability to practice law in the State of Michigan. When the complaint is submitted, we will upload the facts and nothing but the facts here.

Jonathan Blair - Probate Register

Angela Caulley

Angela Caulley - Miller Johnson

In this picture courtesy of LinkedIn Ms. Caulley looks "plastic" with cheeks that look like she went a bit too heavy on the rouge or perhaps symptomatic of an alcoholic. She's actually very attractive. However, given the way she treated our family by representing multiple competing interests (MRPC 1.7 and 1.8) intentionally omitting controlling legal authority (MRPC 3.3) and misrepresenting the law to the court to allegedly financially exploit elderly adults and charities, by violating MCR 9.104(1) through (5),
in our opinion, she has a soul and heart as black as coal.