Ruston practice established in 2019, serving Lincoln, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Claiborne and Bienville Parishes. Handles testate and intestate successions, small-succession affidavits and opening a succession in district court, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living wills. Attorney Phillip J. Ellis meets clients in person, by phone or by video.
Probate in Morehouse Parish
Probate Court Record
Morehouse Parish District Court
Morehouse Parish · 4th Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
100 East Madison Avenue, Bastrop, LA 71220
Website
E-filing
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Probate Firms Serving Morehouse Parish
Ruston firm with offices in Monroe, Minden and Shreveport serving the Interstate 20 corridor in North Louisiana. Handles small-succession affidavits, independent and administered successions, and ancillary successions for Louisiana property of out-of-state decedents. Also prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living will declarations, and handles guardianships.
Slidell solo practice of D. Bruce Cameron, with more than 20 years of succession and estate administration work in St. Tammany Parish and along the Northshore. Represents heirs, beneficiaries and executors from identifying assets and paying creditors to distribution, and in estate disputes over undue influence, incapacity and fraud. Evening and weekend appointments are available.
Shreveport attorney Carl H. Franklin has handled successions and probate for over 39 years, for clients in Caddo, Bossier, Webster, De Soto, Lincoln, Rapides and other parishes. Handles testate and intestate successions, from inventorying property and creditor notices to transferring titles, and works with out-of-state executors remotely. He offers a free phone consultation.
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.
Haik, Minvielle, Grubbs & D'Albor, LLP
1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 503, New Iberia, LA 70560
New Iberia firm with a satellite office in New Orleans, serving Iberia, St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes and the rest of Louisiana. Handles successions with or without a will, from identifying assets and debts to putting heirs into possession and filing required accountings. Also drafts wills and special needs and spendthrift trusts.
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In Louisiana, a will is signed before 2La. C.C. Art. 1576Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and a notaryLa. C.C. Art. 1576Verified Oct 18, 2026View source, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyLa. C.C. Art. 1576Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
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Probate on a $500,000 estate in Louisiana costs an estimated $24,842La. C.C.P. arts. 3301, 3303 (attorney fees are an administration expense — La. Civ. Code art. 1415 — payable only on court authorization); art. 3351.1 (dual-role limit)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 1.9%Modeled estimate under La. C.C.P. arts. 3301, 3303 (attorney fees are an administration expense — La. Civ. Code art. 1415 — payable only on court authorization); art. 3351.1 (dual-role limit): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3%Modeled estimate under La. C.C.P. arts. 3301, 3303 (attorney fees are an administration expense — La. Civ. Code art. 1415 — payable only on court authorization); art. 3351.1 (dual-role limit): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
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Settling an estate in Louisiana: creditors have 3 monthsLa. C.C.P. arts. 3241-3249, 3301-3308; La. C.C. art. 3276Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 3 months to 6 months.
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In Louisiana, estates valued at $200,000La. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less skip probate with the Small Succession AffidavitLa. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source.
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In Louisiana, creditors have 3 monthsLa. C.C.P. art. 3302Verified Sep 8, 2026View source from the date of death to present claims; late claims are barred.
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