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The Erath County Court at Law's policy on self-represented (pro se) applicants in probate and guardianship: a pro se party may represent only himself, not an estate or another person, and the court will take no action on such filings without an attorney of record.
Applies to self-represented applicants in probate and guardianship matters in the Erath County Court at Law.
A pro se applicant may represent only himself. The Court will not permit pro se litigants to represent estates or other persons in most probate and guardianship cases; although the clerk may accept documents for filing, the Court will take no action on the documents unless there is an attorney of record. A muniment of title may be handled pro se only if all beneficiaries are applicants and appear,
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site document (read in full). Court-specific CCL self-represented policy; judge-joined to Thompson (still the CCL judge).
In justice-court eviction cases: the citation sets a personal-appearance trial day not less than 10 nor more than 21 days after the petition is filed; a written answer is permitted but NOT required (appearing on the trial day is what matters); no trial may be held until 4 days after service; and an appeal must be perfected within 5 days after the judgment is signed.
Policy Regarding Pro Se Applicants — Harris County Probate Courts (Probate Court No. 1 posting) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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