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Probate Court Administrative Order 2022-7 (Pro Se Applicants Policy) — Galveston County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 01/01/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.
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PROBATE COURT OF GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS ADMINISTRATION ORDER 2022-7 IT IS ORDERED that the Probate Court of Galveston County hereby adopts the Court Policy regarding prose applicants (Exhibit "A") and ORDERS that Dwight D. … Sullivan, County Clerk of Galveston County, or his designated deputy clerk, shall deliver a copy of this Court Policy to any individuals filing pleadings pro se. … However, a prose may not represent others. … Therefore, individuals applying for letters testamentary, letters of administration, determinations ofheirship, and guardianships of the person or estate must be represented by a licensed attorney. … However, the executor, administrator, or guardian must be represented by a lawyer. … Must swear no debts. … To probate a will as a muniment oftitle, applicant must be able to swear on personal knowledge that there are no debts against the estate other than those secured by liens against real estate -that includes credit card balances, doctor's bills, utility bills, Medicaid estate recovery claims, etc.- anything owed by decedent and not paid off.
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 4c8a9f3dc427…) is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.