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Documents:
General
- Court Policy Regarding Pro Se Applicants - Information for the non-lawyer
- Guidelines for Submitting Uncontested Probate-Docket Paperwork
When Decedent Dies With a Will
- REVISED! The Uncontested Docket: When the Decedent Dies With a Will
- Check 10 Key Points in the Will
- Administrative Order Regarding Applications to Probate a Copy of a Lost Will or a Lost Will without a Copy
- Administrative Order Regarding Applications to Probate a Will More Than Four Years after the Testator’s Death
- Motion and Order for Alternate Method of Proof of Will (pdf file)
- Motion and Order for Alternate Method of Proof of Will (Word document)
- Marital History Information - required when probating a will after September 1, 2009
- Required Notice to Beneficiaries, including Muniments
- Muniments and Medicaid
- REVISED! A Guide for the Texas Independent Executor
- Una Guía para el Ejecutor Testamentario Independiente de Texas
- REVISED! A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator with Will Annexed
- Una Guía para el Ejecutor Testamentario Independiente de Texas
When Decedent Dies Without a Will
- Who Takes if You Don't Have a Will?
- Small Estate Affidavit Checklist
- The Uncontested Docket: When the Decedent Dies Without a Will
- REVISED! "A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator
- The Ad Litem Manual for Heirship Proceedings
Uncontested Probate Hearings Schedule
Uncontested Probate of Will
(Unless there will be some heirship testimony; see "Other Uncontested Record Cases" below)
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Tuesday: |
8:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., & 9:00 a.m. |
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Thursday: |
8:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., & 9:00 a.m.. |
Uncontested Heirship
Heirship cases should be scheduled on the uncontested docket only if there are no unusual circumstances that need to be addressed. For example, do not schedule an heirship on the uncontested docket if there is a common-law marriage, an adoption, a declaratory judgment, a settlement agreement, DNA evidence, or expert testimony. If any of those issues are involved, schedule the case on the regular docket. See below. |
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Tuesday: |
9:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., & 9:45 a.m. |
To schedule an heirship hearing on the uncontested probate docket, fax or email an:
- Uncontested Docket Heirship Setting Request Form (pdf version) to the Court.
- Uncontested Docket Heirship Setting Request Form (Word-form version) to the Court.
Other Uncontested Record Cases
(All uncontested cases other than heirships that require some heirship testimony – for example, a copy of a will, a will of a testator who died more than four years before the probate was filed, or a successor executor.)
Thursday: |
9:15 a.m. |
Contact the Probate Court Coordinator to schedule hearings on the uncontested probate docket.
Heirship Hearings on the Regular Docket
An heirship case should be scheduled on the regular docket not only if a contest (or any answer that could be construed as a contest) has been filed, but also if there are unusual circumstances that need to be addressed – even if there is no contest about these issues. For example, schedule an heirship on the regular docket if there is a common-law marriage, an adoption, a declaratory judgment, a settlement agreement, DNA evidence, or expert testimony.
To schedule an heirship hearing on the uncontested probate docket, fax or email a:
- Regular Docket Heirship Setting Request Form (pdf version) to the Court.
- Regular Docket Heirship Setting Request Form (Word-form version) to the Court.
Last Modified:
Friday, November 4, 2011 9:04 AM
