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Court

Henderson County

Texas

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Case Information

Filed 2022-12-19
Status Disposed
Type Independent Administration
Docket 52 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Nicholson, Laverne
Defendant Beck, Brian Lewis
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Judge

Hon. Perryman, Nancy

Henderson County (TX)

Texas

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Docket Entries

  1. New Cases or Applications Filed (OCA)
  2. Application Application for Independent Administration and Determination of Heirship
  3. Judge's Note APPLICATION FOR DETERMINDATION OF HEIRSHIP, AND APPLICATION FOR INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION OF INTESTATE ESTATE BY AGREEMENT AND LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION FILED
  4. Citation POSTING SENT TO SO
  5. Citation PUBLICATION SENT TO SO
  6. Citation
  7. Citation
  8. Publishers Affidavit
  9. Judge's Note RETURN OF SERVICE OCA FILED
  10. Citation Filed RETURNED PUBLICATION
  11. Judge's Note SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED
  12. Citation Filed RETURNED POSTING
  13. Judge's Note OFFICER'S RETURN FILED
  14. No Fee Documents Amended Application for Determination of Heirship and Amended Application for Independent Administration
  15. Citation POSTING SENT TO SO AMENDED APPLICATION
  16. Citation
  17. No Fee Documents Correspondence
  18. Citation PERSONAL JONATHAN A BECK EMAILED ATTY
  19. Citation
  20. Judge's Note Amended Application for Determination of Heirship and Amended Application for Independent Administration FILED
  21. Service RETURN OF SERVICE JONATHAN A. BECK
  22. Judge's Note RETURN OF SERVICE FILED
  23. No Fee Documents Consent To Application For Independent Administration and Waiver of Notiice
  24. Judge's Note Consent To Application For Independent Administration and Waiver of Notice FILED RACHEL HACKETT
  25. Citation Filed POSTING RETURNED ON AMENDED APPLICATION
  26. Judge's Note OFFICER'S RETURN FILED
  27. Appointment Motion to Appoint Attorney Ad Litem
  28. Agreed Order Order Appointing Ad Litem
  29. Appointment Motion to Appoint Attorney Ad Litem
  30. Agreed Order Order Appointing Attorney Ad Litem
  31. CANCELED Application For Probate (11:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Perryman, Nancy) Passed Hearing
  32. Order Appointing Attorney AD LITEM-BARRY SPENCER
  33. Judge's Note SIGNED ORDER APPOINTING BARRY SPENCER AS ATTY AD LITEM
  34. No Fee Documents Publisher's Affidavit
  35. Judge's Note PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT FILED
  36. Original Answer Unknown Heirs answer
  37. No Fee Documents Ad Litem Report
  38. Judge's Note ANSWER OF DECEDENT'S UNKNOWN HEIRS FILED; REPORT OF AD LITEM FILED
  39. No Fee Documents Notice of Hearing
  40. Judge's Note NOTICE OF PROVE UP HEARING FILED
  41. Application For Probate (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Perryman, Nancy)
  42. Judge's Note PTYS APPEARED AND TESTIFIED AS TO HEIRSHIP; APPLICANT IS LAVERNE NICHOLSON WITNESS ARE CLARISSA COLLINS AND CARMEN HILGER; APPLICANT QUALIFIED TO SERVE; SIGNED ORDER OF DETERMINING HEIRSHIP AND AUTHOIZING ADMIN; WAITING ON CONSENT FROM FATHER FOR APPLICANT TO SERVE W/OUT BOND
  43. Order Admitting Will to Probate DETERMINING HEIRSHIP AND GRANTING INDEP ADMIN AND AUTHORIZING LETTERS OF ADMIN
  44. Oath
  45. No Fee Documents Proof of Death and Other Facts
  46. Judge's Note PROOF OF DEATH AND OTHER FACTS FILED
  47. No Fee Documents Consent to Application for Independent Administration and Waiver of Notice-Jonathan A. B
  48. Judge's Note CONSENT TO APPLICATION FOR INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION AND WAIVER OF NOTICE FILED BY JONATHAN BECK
  49. Inventory filed after 90th day INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS
  50. Agreed Order ORDER APPROVING INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS
  51. Judge's Note INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT AND LIST OF CLAIMS FILED
  52. Judge's Note SIGNED ORDER APPROVING INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT AND LIST OF CLAIMS

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