Free Louisiana forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Louisiana: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
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%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)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3%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)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
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.
Louisiana pays executors reasonable compensationLa. C.C.P. art. 3351 (2.5% of inventory default; court may increase if inadequate)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, typically 2.5%La. C.C.P. art. 3351 (2.5% of inventory default; court may increase if inadequate)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.5%La. C.C.P. art. 3351 (2.5% of inventory default; court may increase if inadequate)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate.
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.
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.
60 probate firms in Louisiana, by county and firm type.
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Solo PracticeBogalusa, LA
Bogalusa general-practice office of attorney Patrick G. Murray in Washington Parish. Successions are one of its regular case types, alongside criminal defense, personal injury and divorce and custody matters. It offers a free in-person consultation for any type of case.
PracticesProbate
FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge firm on St. Ferdinand Street serving residents of East Baton Rouge Parish. Handles Louisiana succession and probate matters and drafts wills, living wills, trust agreements, durable and medical powers of attorney, and healthcare directives. The firm has served the Baton Rouge area since 1984 alongside its criminal defense and personal injury practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePowers Of AttorneyWills Trusts
FirmOpelousas, LA
Opelousas firm on East Landry Street offering succession and probate services throughout Louisiana, including Opelousas, Eunice, Ville Platte and Lafayette. Handles small successions, more complicated estates and contested wills, and opens successions where the decedent left a will. Consultations on succession matters are free.
PracticesProbate
FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge estate planning firm that opens and administers successions in East Baton Rouge Parish and helps trustees administer trusts. Handles will contests, capacity and undue influence claims, heirship disputes, breach of fiduciary duty by succession representatives, and trust litigation. Founded by Myrna Arroyo in 2002; offers a free 15-minute consultation call.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
Bastrop firm representing clients throughout Northeast Louisiana, including Morehouse, Ouachita, Union, Richland, West Carroll, East Carroll and Madison parishes. After a death it administers trusts and estates, takes estates through probate, and handles litigation over a will or other final documents. The firm states nearly 50 years of family law and estate experience.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts
FirmHammond, LA
Rolling Perrilloux & Sledge is a trusted Hammond law firm providing estate planning and succession services in Tangipahoa Parish. Senior attorney J. Mark Rolling brings 45 years of experience in real estate and estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
Solo PracticeVidalia, LA
AV Preeminent-rated estate planning attorney in Vidalia serving Concordia Parish and surrounding areas. Josiah William Seibert III focuses on estate planning and real estate matters for families in the Vidalia and Ferriday area.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
Solo PracticeHouma, LA
Houma practice that files wills and successions at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse (32nd JDC) and the Lafourche Parish Courthouse in Thibodaux (17th JDC). Prepares wills, living wills, and medical and financial powers of attorney, and handles successions. Attorney Paul Shoultz meets clients by phone or video conference and offers a free phone consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePowers Of AttorneyWills Trusts
FirmCovington, LA
Covington and New Orleans succession firm that serves Jefferson Parish from its New Orleans office and out-of-state heirs by phone and Zoom. Handles successions with or without a will, from small successions to court administration, and litigates testament challenges, partition actions and petitions to close stalled estates. Also pursues wrongful-death claims alongside the succession.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationWrongful Death
FirmLake Charles, LA
Lake Charles firm with a second office in New Iberia that also practices personal injury, family law and criminal defense. Handles successions from inventory and creditor notice through distribution, including the small succession affidavit for intestate estates, and drafts wills, living trusts, living wills and powers of attorney. Offers free initial consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePowers Of AttorneyWills Trusts
FirmNew Orleans, LA
New Orleans firm whose Estate Planning and Probate Group handles testate and intestate successions, from appraising assets and paying creditors to transferring title. Litigates will, trust and succession disputes, including undue influence and executor fraud, and handles interdictions. Four partners are board-certified estate planning and administration specialists.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 5 more
FirmLake Charles, LA
Lake Charles firm founded in 1934 that guides executors and administrators through Louisiana successions statewide. Handles court qualification and bond, locating heirs and assets, paying creditors and estate taxes and distributing property, and drafts notarial testaments and trusts. Its attorneys include board-certified specialists in estate planning and tax law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningWills Trusts
FirmLafayette, LA
Lafayette business and estate firm guiding succession administrators and executors from probate of a will through distribution. Handles valuation of succession assets and limiting tax exposure, represents both succession representatives and will challengers, and handles tutorships for a decedent's minor children. William P. Stubbs, Jr. is a board-certified tax law specialist.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 3 more
Solo PracticeBaton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge practice run by attorney Woody Keim, serving clients across Louisiana in person or by virtual and phone consultation. Handles uncontested successions transferring a decedent's assets to the heirs, along with wills, trusts and powers of attorney, for a flat fee with documents ready to sign within three business days in most matters. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePowers Of AttorneyWills Trusts
FirmLake Charles, LA
Lake Charles firm on Pithon Street, founded in 2013, practicing criminal defense, family law and personal injury alongside estate work. Handles probate and estate administration from the initial filing through resolving debts and distributing assets, and drafts wills, trusts, living wills and medical and financial durable powers of attorney. Offers free initial consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbatePowers Of AttorneyWills Trusts
FirmAlexandria, LA
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 7 more
Solo PracticeVille Platte, LA
Ville Platte firm serving the Evangeline Parish community with estate planning and succession services.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
Solo PracticeMetairie, LA
Metairie practice of attorney Wes Blanchard, serving Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes and clients across Louisiana. Represents executors, administrators and heirs in simple, small and contested successions, including will contests, forced heirship claims, succession accounting disputes and reopened successions. The firm also serves as trustee and administers existing trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
FirmShreveport, LA
Shreveport firm, formed in May 1982, representing executors and heirs in Louisiana successions from submitting the will to the court through paying bills and distributing the estate. Handles succession litigation, including will contests and claims of malfeasance or fraud, and monitors successions handled by other lawyers for heirs. Its elder law attorneys also plan for Medicaid and VA benefits.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more
FirmShreveport, LA
Shreveport firm with offices in Baton Rouge and Natchitoches, serving clients throughout Louisiana. Represents executors and family members in successions of all sizes, including estate tax returns and ancillary successions for out-of-state owners of Louisiana real estate and mineral interests. Armand Roos is a board-certified specialist in estate planning and administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningWills Trusts