New Orleans firm founded in 1937, with offices in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Charles. Its Estate Planning & Administration attorneys administer domiciliary and ancillary estates, prepare estate and gift tax returns, and handle contested successions and trust disputes. Partners David F. Edwards and Miriam Wogan Henry are board-certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialists.
Probate in Tangipahoa Parish
Probate Court Record
Tangipahoa Parish District Court
Tangipahoa Parish · 21st Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
110 North Bay Street, Suite 100, Amite, LA 70422
Website
E-filing
Filing in person
Walk-ins accepted
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source
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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Tangipahoa 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.
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.
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.
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How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Louisiana happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's trust statuteLa. R.S. 9:1721 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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In Louisiana, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2181Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
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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