Probate in Calcasieu Parish

Probate Court Record

Calcasieu Parish District Court

Calcasieu Parish · 14th Judicial District

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Office

1000 Ryan Street, Suite 5, Lake Charles, LA 70601

E-filing

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Medicaid Planning Firms Serving Calcasieu Parish

Baton Rouge firm serving clients throughout Louisiana, including out-of-state heirs with Louisiana property. Handles uncontested, contested, ancillary and corrective successions, trust administration, interdictions, succession litigation and appeals. Morgan Field has represented succession clients before the Louisiana Supreme Court; flat fees are available for many uncontested matters.

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Houma attorney with a Metairie office by appointment, handling successions in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, Orleans and every other Louisiana parish. Handles administered successions, simple possessions, small-succession affidavits, successions for relatives who died years ago, and ancillary probate for out-of-state owners of Louisiana real estate. John E. Sirois is also a CFP.

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Baton Rouge elder law firm, in practice since 1976, serving the Baton Rouge, Denham Springs and Gonzales areas and clients across Louisiana. It handles succession administration, including locating heirs, valuing assets and managing creditor claims, alongside wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid planning. Founder Peter J. Losavio, Jr. is a Certified Elder Law Attorney.

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Alexandria firm with offices in Lafayette, Shreveport and Monroe that administers small and large successions across Louisiana. Handles opening the succession, the detailed descriptive list, creditor claims, tax returns and the judgment of possession, and contests or defends wills and fiduciary acts. J. Graves Theus, Jr. is board certified in tax law and in estate planning and administration.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+6

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

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