Families
Probate Court helps families through estates, adoptions, name changes, and other personal legal matters that often come at emotional moments.
Richland County Probate Judge
Robert Franco for Probate Judge
Experienced. Prepared. Fair.
The Probate Court touches families at some of life's most important moments. Robert A. Franco brings practical legal experience, careful preparation, and a commitment to fairness, respect, and the rule of law.
Why this race matters
Probate Court affects real people.
Many voters only hear about Probate Court when their own family needs it. But this court affects estates, guardianships, adoptions, name changes, marriage licenses, fiduciaries, and important community institutions. The office requires legal knowledge, patience, organization, judgment, and respect for the people who come before the court.
Robert is running to serve Richland County as a Probate Judge who brings experience representing families in Probate Court, values consistency and careful preparation, and believes every person appearing before the Court should be treated with respect.
Guardianships
Guardianship matters require careful attention to dignity, rights, safety, and the law. A judge must listen carefully and decide each matter based on the facts and the law.
Community
Probate Court is also connected to broader community life through marriage licenses, public records, and certain statutory responsibilities involving public boards and institutions.
Meet Robert
A local attorney with practical probate experience.
Robert A. Franco is a local attorney whose practice has focused on probate, real estate, estate planning, title issues, fiduciary matters, and practical legal counsel for local families, property owners, title professionals, and small businesses. His work has required careful preparation, clear communication, and attention to details that matter.
Meet RobertRobert's approach
Fair, prepared, respectful, and grounded in the law.
Every person who comes before the court deserves to be heard and treated with dignity. Robert’s campaign is based on experience, preparation, fairness, and respect for the law. He believes court procedures should be grounded in Ohio law, applied with reasonable consistency, and administered in a way that allows attorneys and parties a fair opportunity to be heard.
Fairness
An open mind, impartiality, and respect for the law.
Preparation
Careful attention to facts, documents, duties, and deadlines.
Respect
Patience and dignity for people navigating difficult moments.
Independence
A commitment to the judicial role, not political pressure.
Community and public education
Helping people understand a court that affects ordinary life.
Probate Court is not just about paperwork. It touches families after loss, protects dignity in guardianship matters, celebrates adoptions and new beginnings, issues marriage licenses, oversees fiduciaries, and can affect public institutions and community resources.
Robert believes voters should understand what the Probate Court does before their own family needs it.
Probate Court and Community LifeGet involved
Help voters understand why this office matters.
A strong judicial campaign depends on neighbors helping neighbors understand why experience, preparation, fairness, and temperament matter in the Probate Court.
Voter information
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Check your registration, find your polling location, and review early voting and absentee voting options before Election Day.
Voting is one of the most important ways citizens participate in local government. Judicial races are often overlooked, but the judges elected by the community can affect families, seniors, children, property, and important public responsibilities. Before Election Day, take time to make sure you are prepared to vote and encourage the people in your life to do the same. An informed and engaged community helps ensure that important local offices receive the attention they deserve.