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. 

• Zoom Best Practices Handout (Updated 04/2024)
• Instructions for Remote and In-Person Proceedings (Updated 04/2024)
• 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 

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

Personal Information Sheet

• Personal Information Sheet

Small Estate Affidavit

• Form with Instructions 

Guardianships

• Physician's Certificate of Medical Examination (PCME) (Updated 09/2023)
• Guardianship Referral Letter with PCME (Updated 09/2023)
• Guardianship Suggestion of Need Letter
• JBCC Guardianship Registration
• JBCC Guardianship Training
• JBCC Capacitación para Tutelas en Texas (en Español)
• JBCC Criminal Background Check Information
• Guardianship Prezi Presentation (for attorneys)

 Submission Docket (every Thursday at 10:00 am)

•  Handbook for Fiduciaries in Decedents' Estates (Updated 01/2024)
• Handbook for Guardians of the Person and Estate (Updated 01/2024)

• Attorney Ad Litem Manual (updated 2022)
• Application to be appointed
• Standards for Approval of Attorney Fee Applications (updated 08/30/2022)
• Appointee Fee Order 

• https://www.cclerk.hctx.net/Probate.aspx#PbtForms

• https://www.cclerk.hctx.net/applications/websearch/CourtSettingsTyler.aspx?CaseType=Probate

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

• Probate Court 1 Communication Policy
•  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• Administrative Order 2020-1 - Order Adopting Covid Protocols (No longer applicable)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