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Pyke & Associates

A Professional Corporation of Attorneys 

 

 

INFORMATION TO SEND TO PYKE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. TO BEGIN PROBATE OF WILL

PRINT THIS PAGE -- FILL IN INFORMATION AND MAIL TO PYKE & ASSOCIATES AT ADDRESS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE -- ENCLOSE:

  1. ORIGINAL WILL -- A COPY IS NOT SUFFICIENT!  Don't have the original, click here.
  2. CHECK TO DALLAS COUNTY CLERK FOR $186.00 [If the will cannot be probate in Dallas County, please call us to discuss the fees and expenses involved]
  3. CHECK TO "PYKE & ASSOCIATES, P.C." FOR $600.00.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

Name:______________________

Relationship to Decedent:_________________

Address:___________________

____________, ___  _______ 

Phones:      Work:  (____) ____________

Home(____)__________

Fax (___)____________

E-MAIL: _______________

 

Are you the person named as Executor or Executrix in the Will?  

 If not, provide the following information for the Executor or Executrix:

Name:  ____________________

Address:___________________

____________,___  _______ 

Phones:      Work:  (____) ____________

Home(____)__________

Fax (___)____________

E-mail: _______________________

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DECEDENT:

Name:_________________________

Date of Death: ____________________

Residential address at time of death:_____________

_________________________________________ 

{Decedent must have been living in Dallas County to probate will in Dallas County -- This law firm will probate wills in neighboring counties, but the fee will be different}

Age at death: _______

Married?  Spouse's name:___________________

Ever divorced?  If so, prior spouse(s)' name(s):___________________________________

Decedent's Children's names: ______________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Estimated net value of estate:$_____________

Note:  Value of estate will determined more precisely later when an inventory is prepared and filed with the Court.  This estimate can be a "ballpark".  The value of property owned jointly with a spouse (community property) should be divided in half in reaching this estimate.  Also, deduct any debts owed including debt on homes, cars, etc. in reaching this value. 

You are requesting that Pyke & Associates provide the services outlined to probate the will and obtain appointment of an executor for a flat fee.  Additional services, including any disputed application, creditor claims, or other litigation, will be contracted separately at our normal hourly rates.

 

Pyke & Associates
A Professional Corporation of Attorneys
One Meadows Building, 6700 North Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas  75206
(214) 368-7880 Fax: (214) 373-4983
email: David M. Pyke

Copyright 2003, 2004 -- David M. Pyke

DISCLAIMER:  ATTORNEYS ARE NOT  BOARD CERTIFIED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION