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Texas Probate Procedure

MORE ABOUT TEXAS PROBATE PROCEDURE

When a loved one dies, feelings of loss make it very difficult to deal with practical and financial details and day-to-day business affairs.


The Kalish Law Office probate attorneys have over 25 years experience in helping clients manage the estates of their loved ones. The Kalish Law Office, located in The Woodlands, Texas, provides legal services and helps guide the loved ones through the practical details of what needs to be done.

The legal process to be used will depend on various factors, including whether or not the deceased person had a valid will. Even if there is no will, the wills and probate attorneys at Kalish Law Office can assist you in evaluating and transferring the property of the estate. If there is a will and/or trust documents, the attorneys at Kalish Law Office will advise you of the most efficient process available to distribute the assets of the estate.

Many people have the mistaken idea that "filing for probate" is always a long, complicated, and expensive procedure. Fortunately, that is not true. In many situations, a filing in a probate court is not complicated at all, and the case can be completed quickly and efficiently, with only one court appearance.

In other situations, it may not even be necessary to file in probate court at all.

The Kalish Law Office probate attorneys also have experience with contested probate cases and cases in which the heirs are missing or uncertain. Attorneys Bob Kalish, Laura Kalish, and Sio Ramirez Pitre can assist you in understanding the probate laws, and in evaluating your options in a contested probate case.

An estate may seem complicated if the deceased owned all or part of a business. The probate and business attorneys at Kalish Law Office have experience in assisting clients with transfer, buy-out, sale, or winding down of a business.


Even when a case is clear-cut, survivors often decide that they need some practical advice and guidance on how to best function as an executor or executrix of an estate, and how to deal with issues such as reimbursement for funeral expenses, life insurance and survivors benefits, governmental benefits, pensions, bank accounts, debts of the estate and transfer of the family home or other real estate. The probate attorneys at the Kalish Law Office are skilled in assisting clients with all of these issues.

In addition, The Kalish Law Office attorneys are happy to assist the executors of Texas estates who live outside the state of Texas.

The probate attorneys at Kalish Law Office in The Woodlands, Texas have experience in advising and guiding clients through the Texas probate process and providing closure for one of life's most difficult experiences.

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Office Location

Kalish Law Office
25907 Oak Ridge Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380-2017
Phone: 281-363-3700
Fax: 281-367-7340
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The Kalish Law Firm provides legal services to The Woodlands, Houston (including North Houston and Northwest Houston), Conroe, Kingwood, Tomball, Cypress, Huntsville, Cleveland, Stafford, Humble, Westchase, Stafford, Katy, Missouri City and Sugar Land, and the counties of Montgomery, Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Liberty, Walker and Waller, TX.