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201 Caroline, 7th Floor Houston TX, 77002
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 832-927-1403
Fax: 832-927-0010
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* Harris County Probate Courts COVID-19 Operating Plan
Please see the "Instructions for Video Hearings and Trials" for procedures listed below.
Instructions for Video Hearings and Trials
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 Prohibiting the Recording of Remote Court Proceedings
* Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo (STAY HOME, WORK SAFE)
PURSUANT TO THE ORDER INVOKING PROTOCOL NOW IN EFFECT (SEE BELOW IN LIST OF DOCUMENTS) CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS CAN BE CONDUCTED BY SUBMISSION OR BY A TELEPHONE HEARING. PLEASE CONTACT THE COURT FOR DETAILS.
* Order Invoking Protocol
* Amended Order- Probate Court Protocols - (COVID-19) Corona VIrus
* COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS INFO) Probate Courts
* First Emergency Order - (COVID-19) State of Disaster
* Second Emergency Order - (COVID-19) State of Disaster
* Third Emergency Order - (COVID-19) State of Disaster
* Fourth Emergency Order- (COVID-19) State of Disaster
* Eighth Emergency Order - (COVID-19) State of Disaster
* Eleventh Emergency Order - (COVID-19) State of Disaster
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Docket Schedule
Guardianship
Monday
9:00am
Heirship, Show Cause, DWOP
10:00am & 2:00pm
DNR & Restorations
2:00pm
Wills & Administrations
Wednesday
9:00am & 10:00am
Scheduling Conferences
Tuesday
1:00pm
Ancillary
Thursday
9:00am & 2:00pm
Friday
2:00pm - Downtown
*IF AN INTERPRETER IS NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT THE COURT.
~For the Guardianship Handbook, please see the Guardianship Tab
~For the Elder-Law Handbook, please see the Information/Forms/Letters Tab
**** Changing your documents for Muniments of Title Proceedings:
To satisfy the Court that a muniment proceeding is appropriate, we ask that the attorneys add the following sentence to the form most commonly known as Proof of Death and Other Facts (when probating a will as a muniment of title): "The decedent did not apply for and receive Medicaid after March 1, 2005."
