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Hon. Susie Rowley

Associate Judge
Details:

  • Review Ancillary Docket
  • Review Submission Docket
  • Partial Distributions
  • Claims
  • Bills of Review
  • Trust Modifications
  • Temporary Restraining Orders
  • Temporary Administrations
Yolanda Lopez

Court Manager & Court Coordinator/ADA Coordinator
832-927-1434
Details:

  • All Contested Matters
  • Trial Settings
  • Scheduling of Ancillary, Showcause and Scheduling Conferences Dockets
  • Dismissal for Want of Prosecution 
  • Non-Suits
  • Substitution of Attorney
  • Minor's Application to Withdraw Funds from Registry
  • Assist Guardianship Coordinator
Nick Zeimetz

Staff Attorney/Guardianship Coordinator
832-927-1433

Details:
  • All Guardianship Matters
  • Applications For Temporary Guardianship
  • Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem Appointments (Guardianship)
  • Contested Guardianships
  • Review Appointee and Attorney Fees (Guardianships only)
  • Review Applications/Reports to Sell Property (Guardianships only)
Solomon Holness

Staff Attorney
832-927-1442

Details:

  • Review Probate of Will Docket
  • Review Heirship Docket
  • Attorney Ad Litem Appointments on Heirship
  • Review Appointee Fees on Heirships only
Dawn King

Senior Court Guardianship Investigator
832-927-1435

Details:
  • Doctor's Letters
  • Annual visitations of wards
  • Investigation of Guardianships
Yaksha Shah

Assistant Court Investigator
832-927-1436

Details:
  • Chief Court Visitor
  • Supervision of court volunteers and interns
  • Review Annual and Final Reports
  • Annual Visitation of Wards
  • Assist with Investigation of Guardianships
  • Successor Appointments on Guardian of Person
  • Transfers of Guardianships (in state only) 
Monique Gonzales

Guardianship Auditor
832-927-1439

Details:
  • Review Bonds 
  • Review Inventories 
  • Review Annual and Final Accounts 
  • Applications to Close & Discharge
  • Applications to Reduce or Increase Bond 
  • Motions for Expenditures, Ratifications, Reimbursements, compensation, and Allowances
  • Appointee & Trust Commissions
  • All 1301 Trust filings: Inventory, Annual and Final Accounts
Delores Medina

Decedent Auditor
832-927-1441

Details:
  • Bonds
  • Inventories 
  • Extensions of time to file Inventory
  • Review Annual and Final Accounts 
  • Applications to Close & Discharge
  • Applications to Reduce or Increase Bond 
Karina Marino

Assistant to Court Coordinator
832-927-1451

Details:
  • A/O Open Safe Deposit Box
  • Emergency Burial and Personal Property
  • Review Delayed Birth and Death Certificates
  • Review Small Estate Affidavits
Marcella Lopez

Receptionist
832-927-1402

Details:
  • Sets Uncontested Probate of Will Dockets
  • Status of Signed Instruments
  • Review Inventories on Independent Estates
  • Review Notice to Beneficiaries on Independent Estates
  • Schedule Weddings
Mary Ann Rodriguez

Court Reporter
832-927-1449

Details:
  • Transcripts
Kirk J. Fretty
Bailiff
Janie Drey

Court Clerk
713-274-8580