Probate in East Baton Rouge Parish

Probate Court Record

East Baton Rouge Parish District Court

East Baton Rouge Parish · 19th Judicial District

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Office

222 St. Louis Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802

E-filing

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Verified October 15, 2026 · Source

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving East Baton Rouge Parish

Practices from Metairie, New Orleans and Hammond, serving Jefferson, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes, and has handled successions since its founding in 1989. Handles succession and estate administration, trust administration, and estate and trust litigation over will validity, trust management and the distribution of estate assets, with estate, gift and income tax planning.

Since 1989Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

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

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.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

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