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NOTICE: Probate Court 1 is open to the public. All hearings and trials may be conducted either in person or via zoom. Attorneys should update their notice of hearings to clarify that parties may appear either in person or via zoom.

Hearings and Trial Tips

 Remote Proceedings

  • Instructions for Remote and In-Person Proceedings
  • Using Zoom in Probate Court (Video) 
  • Managing Digital Evidence in Zoom (Video) 

 Heirships and Administrations

  • Heirships and Administrations Checklist 
  • Pro Tips in Heirships (Video) 
  • Decent and Distribution Chart 

 Probate of Wills

  • The 1-Minute Prove-Up Checklist 
  • The 1-Minute Prove-Up (Video)

 Small Estate Affidavit

  • Form with Instructions 

Guardianships

  • Physician's Certificate of Medical Examination (PCME)
  • Guardianship Referral Letter with PCME
  • Guardianship Suggestion of Need Letter
  • JBCC Guardianship Registration
  • JBCC Guardianship Training
  • JBCC Capacitación para Tutelas en Texas (en Español)
  • JBCC Criminal Background Check Information
  • New! Guardianship Prezi Presentation (for attorneys)

 Submission Docket (every Thursday at 10:00 am)

  • Submission Docket Policy

 Pro Se (Parties without an attorney) Policy

  • Pro Se Policy
Other Resources

 Information for Personal Representatives and Guardians

  • Handbook for Fiduciaries in Decedents' Estates 
  • Handbook for Guardians of the Person and Estate
  • Personal Representative Information Sheet (for filling out and returning to the Court)

 Ad Litems

  • New! Attorney Ad Litem Manual (updated 2022)
  • Application to be appointed
  • New! Standards for Approval of Attorney Fee Applications (updated 08/30/2022)
  • Appointee Fee Order 
 
New! Judge's Annotated Checklists

  • Guardianship Comprehensive Checklist
  • Guardianship Quick-Reference Checklist
  • Heirship and Administration Comprehensive Checklist
  • Heirship and Administration Quick-Reference Checklist
  • Probate of Wills Comprehensive Checklist
  • Probate of Wills Quick-Reference Checklist

Live Streaming

  • Probate Court 1 YouTube Channel 1 (regular settings)
  • Probate Court 1 YouTube Channel 2 (special settings and trials)

Local Rules and Administrative Orders

  • 11th Judicial Region Rules of Administration
  • Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings - District Courts of Harris County Civil Trial Division
  • Harris County Probate Courts Local Rules
  • 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)
  • Administrative Order 2020-2 - Regarding Small Estate Affidavit Forms
  • Administrative Order 2020-3 - Prohibiting Recording of Remote Proceedings
  • Administrative Order 2021-A - Adoption of Gender-Neutral Language in Probate Proceedings

COVID Emergency Orders

Supreme Court and Office of Court Administration

  • COVID Supreme Court Emergency Orders
  • Court Guidance - Office of Court Administration

State Probate Presiding Judge
  • State Probate Presiding Judge Order 2020-1
    • Regarding Guardian visits to Nursing Homes
  • State Probate Presiding Judge Order 2020-2
    • Authorizing Probate Judges to hear cases from alternate locations.
  • State Probate Presiding Judge Order 2020-3
    • Allowing Visiting Judges to hear cases from alternate locations
  • State Probate Presiding Judge Order 2020-4
    • Temporary changes to personal service of proposed wards.











​Resources

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    • Twenty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.pdf
    • Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster
    • Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.pdf
    • Third Amended Adm Order.pdf
    • The Ad Litem Manual 2022 for Guardianship And Heirship Proceedings.pdf
    • Suggestion of Need Letter 2.1.pdf
    • Submission Docket Policy.pdf
    • Submission Docket Police - 05-23-2019
    • State Presiding Judge Order 2020-5 Bonds may be efiled.pdf
    • State Presiding Judge Order 2020-4 Temporary Change to Personal Service of PW AAL-GAL visitation.pdf
    • State Presiding Judge Order 2020-3 Allowing Visiting Judges to Hold Hearings in Alternate Location.pdf
    • State Presiding Judge Order 2020-2 Allowing SPC Judges to Hold Hearings in Alternate Location.pdf
    • State Presiding Judge Order 2020-1 Regarding GDN Visits to NH.pdf
    • Standards for Attorney Fees.pdf
    • Small Estate Affidavit.pdf
    • Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.pdf
    • Voir Dire Social Distancing Seating Chart
    • Rocket Docket Checklist.pdf
    • Rocket Docket Checklist - July 1 2019.pdf
    • Revised Guardianship Referral and Medical Exam Form.pdf
    • Region 11 Rules of Administration 10.16.18.pdf
    • Re-Adopted Covid Protocols 02-01-2022
    • Harris County COVID Operating Plan - 08-12-21
    • Probate of Wills Quick Reference Checklist.pdf
    • Probate of Wills Comprehensive Checklist.pdf
    • Pro Se Applicants.pdf
    • Personal Information Sheet.pdf
    • Personal Info Sheet.pdf
    • Order Invoking Protocol for Emergency Public Health and Safety Conditions.pdf
    • One Minute Prove Up Checklist
    • Modification of the COVID19 Operating Plan
    • Mediator Appointment List
    • Mediator Appointment List.pdf
    • Local Rules Rev 2019.pdf
    • Probate Court 1 Addendum to COVID Plan
    • Joint Statement Regarding Health and Safety Concerns.pdf
    • Instructions for Video Hearings and Trials
    • Instructions for Video Hearings and Trials - 04-01-2022.pdf
    • Instructions for Video Hearings and Trials
    • Instructions for Remote and In-Person Hearings and Trials - 06-01-22.pdf
    • Heirship and Administration Quick Reference Checklist.pdf
    • Heirship and Administration Comprehensive Checklist.pdf
    • Heirship and Administration Checklist.pdf
    • Heirship and Administration Checklist v1.6.pdf
    • Heirship and Administration Checklist
    • HEIRSHIP AAL.pdf
    • Harris County Probate Courts Standards for Approval of Attorney Fee Applications - Eff 10-01-2022.pdf
    • Harris County Mask Order - Feb 2022
    • Guardianship Quick Reference Checklist.pdf
    • Guardianship of the Person and Estate Handbook.pdf
    • Guardianship Hearing Comprehensive Checklist.pdf
    • Judge's Annotated Checklist - Guardianships
    • GDN_PPG APPOINTMENTS.pdf
    • GDN AAL APPOINTMENTS.pdf
    • GAL APPOINTMENTS.pdf
    • Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.pdf
    • First Emergency Order Regarding The COVID-19 State of Disaster.pdf
    • Fiduciary Handbook for Decedents Estates
    • DOCTOR APPOINTMENT LIST.pdf
    • Harris County Probate Court 1 COVID Operating Plan Addendum
    • APPOINTEE FEE ORDER.pdf
    • Amended Order Adopting Courtroom Protocols Under Certain Public Health or Safety Concerns.pdf
    • Administrative Order Prohibiting the Recording of Remote Court Proceedings.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2020-3 re Recordings.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2020-1 - Order Adopting Protocols.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2020 - Regarding SEA.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2019-2 - Automatic Continuances for New Child.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2019-1 Electronic Filings.pdf
    • Administrative Order 2014.pdf
    • The 2018 Ad Litem Manual
    • 2021-A - First Amended AO - Gender Neutral Terminology.pdf
  • E-filing Information;#
    • Link Regarding E-Filing
  • Informative Links;#
    • Probate Courts Downloadable Forms
  • Ad Litem Information
    • The Ad Litem Manual 2016 for Guardianship and Heirship Proceedings
    • Request for Court Appointments Probate Court 1
      (IMPORTANT NOTICE)
    • Order Appointing Attorney Ad Litem (Guardianships Only)
  • E-filing Information
    • Supreme Court Order Regarding Electronic Filing
  • Estate Information
    • Descent and Distribution Chart
    • Decedent's Estate Changes
  • Guardianship Information
    • The Arc Greater Houston Resource Guide for Special Needs
    • A Texas Guide to Adult Guardianship
    • Guardianship Handbook
    • Guardianship Changes 2015
    • Guardianship Referral and Doctor's Form Letter
      (Revised 2015)
    • Community Youth Services (CYS) Resource Directory for Harris County
    • Alternatives to a Guardianship
  • Informative Links
    • Professor Gerry W. Beyer's Texas Case Summaries
    • Gerry W. Beyer's Scholarly Papers.aspx
  • Miscellaneous Forms For Your Use
    • Trial Exhibit List
    • Personal Information Sheet
      RETURN TO: Probate Court One 201 Caroline, 6th Floor Houston, Texas 77002
    • Application and Order Authorizing Sale of Real Property of a Minor Pursuant to TX Estates Code 1351.001 (TPC 889)
  • The Texas Estate Code Information
    • The Story of the Texas Estates Code
      (Jan. 2014 PARGAMAN)
    • Conversion Chart (Probate Code to Estates Code)
      (Prepared by Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, Revised 3/17/14)
    • Texas Estates Code
      (Effective January 1, 2014)

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