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County Court at Law No. 3 Policy on Advance Review of Probate Prove-Up Documents, Smith County

High confidence· verified September 20, 2026Case ManagementCounty Court at Law No. 3 Policy on Advance Review of Probate Prove-Up Documents, Smith County, Smith County, Texas; posted on the county's website (https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=1320&repo=r-927d42fb&pdfView=true), fetched 2026-09-19.

Summary

The Smith County Court at Law No. 3's policy of reviewing proposed probate prove-up hearing documents in advance of the hearing: what the applicant must deliver or email to the court and clerk before the hearing (the original will, the death certificate and proposed documents), and how advance review is intended to make prove-up hearings go more smoothly. Marked updated February 28, 2023.

Applies to

Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Smith County > County Court at Law No. 3.

Source of truth

Updated 2.28.2023 County Court at Law No. 3, Smith County It is the Court’s policy to review, before the hearing, proposed probate prove-up hearing documents. By reviewing documents in advance, the Court can ensure that hearings go more smoothly for participants who are already dealing with the stress of someone’s death. Attorneys also benefit from smoother hearings and can avoid having errors poi

Official source: Smith County Courts - www.smith-county.com (county website; district courts, county courts at law, local rules and clerk pages)
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Last verified: September 20, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr10-p4-2026-09-20

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-20 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody file bf4f58551996b131_ElectronicFile.aspx.pdf (871,802 bytes, sha256 04abae6e5506fdf6b3167f5c93426286968cbf03966437ad5f2d769b04fd8dff; 3 page(s)) - the document the county posts on its own website, not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-20: published from the PDF's embedded digital text layer (the Symbol-font bullets and stray control characters the font emits as debris were mapped to their visible equivalents and soft line wraps rejoined), with the non-whitespace character stream proven equal to the layer; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to Clay M. White as the sole sitting judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 (Smith County); operative court procedure, attribution by current seat.]