General
- Court Policy Regarding Pro Se Applicants
- Submitting paperwork for will prove-ups and heirships
- Dependent Administrator General Information Form
- How to Address Medicaid for Muniments and Determination of Heirship with No Administration
When Decedent Dies With a Will
- The Uncontested Docket: When the Decedent Dies With a Will (updated 10/2023)
- Check 10 Key Points in the Will (updated 09/05/2017)
- 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 (updated 01/1/2014)
- Motion for Alternate Method of Proof of Will by Deposition of Subscribing Witness by Deposition of Subscribing Witness (updated 11/2/2016)
- Motion for Alternate Method of Proof of Will When No Subscribing Witness Available to Testify in Person or by DepositionWhen No Subscribing Witness Available to Testify in Person or by Deposition (updated 11/2/2016)
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Executor (updated for 09/05/2017)
- Una Guía para el Ejecutor Testamentario Independiente de Texas
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator with Will Annexed (updated 09/5/2017)
- Court Instructions for a Dependent Administrator or Executor (updated 04/2024)
When Decedent Dies Without a Will
- Who Takes if You Don't Have a Will? (updated 01/1/2014)
Small Estate Affidavits
- Small Estate Affidavit Checklist (updated 10/2024)
- Administrative Orders Requiring Use of Courts' Small Estate Affidavit Form (updated 10/2024)
- Small Estate Affidavit Form (updated 10/2024)
Determinations of Heirship
- The Uncontested Docket: When the Decedent Dies Without a Will (updated 10/2024)
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator
- Court Instructions for a Dependent Administrator (updated 04/2024)
- The Ad Litem Manual for Heirship Proceedings (updated 07/14/2014)
- Probate Courts Heirship Hearing Request Forms can be found on the court's Hearings & Jury Trials page
