Forms & Resources
Administrative Standing Orders
- Filing an Occupational License
- Rules of Court
- Administrative and Standing Order - E-Filing (PDF)
- Administrative Order - Probate Copy or Lost Will (PDF)
- Administrative Order - Probate Four Years After Testators Death (PDF)
- Standing Order - Probate Guardianship Procedures (PDF)
- Standing Order - Sealing of Adoptions (PDF)
- Standing Order - Use of Full Name of Minor (PDF)
- Standing Order Regarding Children, Property, and Conduct of the Parties (PDF)
Court Approved Ad Litem / Mediator
- Ad Litem Fee Sworn Statement and Order Guardianship (PDF)
- Ad Litem Fee Sworn Statement and Order Unknown Heirs (PDF)
- Ad Litem Manual for Guardianship and Heirship Proceedings (Judge Steve M. King, Tarrant County Probate Court 1) (PDF)
- Court Approved Ad Litem List (PDF)
- Court Approved Mediator List (PDF)
Probate
- Ad Litem Fee Sworn Statement and Order Unknown Heirs (PDF)
- Court Instructions - Dependent Administrator (PDF)
- Court Instructions - Independent Executor Administrator (PDF)
- MERP Requirements on Muniments of Title (PDF)
- Personal Representative General Information (PR)
- Pro Se Notice (PDF)
- Small Estate Affidavit (PDF)
- Small Estate Affidavit Checklist (PDF)
- When a Decedent Dies Without a Will (PDF)
New Guardianship
New Guardianship Requirements Effective June 1, 2018: All Guardians, whether appointed prior to or after June 1, 2018, must register with the JBCC.
Guardianship
- Ad Litem Fee Sworn Statement and Order Guardianship (PDF)
- Administrative and Standing Order - E-Filing (PDF)
- Annual Account of Guardian of the Estate (Must Be Signed by Attorney of Record) (PDF)
- Annual Report of Guardian of the Person (PDF)
- Duties as Guardian of the Estate (PDF)
- Duties as Guardian of the Person (PDF)
- Guardianship Registration Form in English (PDF)
- Guardianship Registration Form in Spanish (PDF)
- Information on Required Criminal Background Checks (PDF)
- Information on Required Guardianship Training (PDF)
- Information Regarding Requirements to Register (PDF)
- Inventory Appraisement and List of Claims (Must Be Signed by Attorney of Record) (PDF)
- Personal Representative General Information (GU) (PDF)
- Physicians Certification of Medical Evaluation (PDF)
- Probate Courts Representative Payee Report (PDF)
- Rules of Court