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Information / Forms / Letters

NOTICE: 
  • New! The Ad Litem Manual 2022 For Guardianship and Heirship


Ad Litems

  • Attorney Appointments list May 2022
  • Order Authorizing Appointee Fees
  • New! Standards for Court Approval of Attorney Fees

     - Updated 08/30/2022


Small Estate Affidavit 

  • Administrative Order 2020 - Regarding Small Estate Affidavit Forms
  • Small Estate Affidavit


Handbooks for Personal Representatives 

  • Houston Bar Association 2019-2020 Elder Law Handbook
  • Houston Bar Association Elder-Law-Handbook_in Spanish - Espanol
  • Fiduciary Handbook for Estates


Other Resources

  • Personal Representative General Information Sheet
  • Pro Se Applicants
  • Helpful Resources

Local Rules and Administrative Order

  • Local Rules Of The Probate Courts
  • Administrative Order 2019-1 - Electronic Filing Rules
  • Administrative Order 2019-2 - Automatic Continuance for Care of New Child
  • Administrative Order 2020-1 - Order Adopting Covid Protocols (No longer applicable)

RECORDING OF ANY PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND COULD RESULT IN A FINDING OF CONTEMPT OF COURT. Please read the Administrative Order below:

  • Administrative Order 2020-2 - Prohibiting Recording of Remote Proceedings


Harris County Orders / COVID Emergency Orders

  • Order Invoking Protocol 2020 - Emergency Public Helath and Safetly Conditions
  • COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS INFO) Probate Courts 2020
  • First Emergency Order Regarding (COVID-19) State of Disaster 2020- Supreme Court
  • Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo 2020 - (STAY HOME, WORK SAFE)
  • Harris County Judiciary Probate Courts 2020 - COVID-19 Operating Plan
  • Harris County Judiciary Probate Courts 2021- COVID - 19 Re-Adoption Plan
  • Fifty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding (COVID-19) State of Disaster 2022 - Supreme Court

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