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​Dockets

Pre-Trials

Trials

Monday

9:00 am (2nd and 4th Monday of the month)

Trials will typically be set on a two-week docket beginning the Monday following the pretrial setting (1st and 3rd Monday).

Probate of Wills* 

Including 1-minute
Prove ups

Tuesday

9:00 am, 10:30 am, & 1:30 pm

1-Minute Prove Up Checklist

*Will must be on file prior to setting a hearing.
See rule TRCP 21(f)(12)

Heirships* &
Administrations*
Wednesday

9:00 am, 10:30 am, & 1:30 pm

*Heirship and Administrations Checklist

*Checklist must be completed prior to
setting your hearing.

Guardianships 

Thursday
9:00 am

Ancillary 

​​Thursday

10:30 am, 1:30 pm, & 2:30 pm
​Submission Docket
​Thursday 
​10:00 am
Submission Docket Policy


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. See TRCP 21(b)

 Please use the "Online Settings" to set matters on the  Probate of Wills, Heirships and Administrations, and Submission dockets. For all other matters, including all contested matters, please call the court at 832-927-1401.

Online Settings

 Harris County Clerk's Probate Court Settings by case number.

 Live broadcasts of hearings and trials

 Probate Court 1 Channel 1 - all regularly scheduled dockets

 https://www.youtube.com/c/HarrisCountyProbateCourt1

 Probate Court 1 Channel 2 - all trials and special settings

 https://www.youtube.com/c/ProbateCourt1Channel2

 Resources

 1-Minute Prove Up Checklist

 1-Minute Prove Up Instructions (video)

 Heirship and Administration Checklist

 Pro Tips in Heirships (video)

 Submission Docket Policy

 Instructions for Remote and In-Person Proceedings

 Using Zoom in Probate Court (video)

 Managing Digital Evidence in Zoom (video)

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