Estate

Will Probates l Administrations l Year’s Support

Useful Information

General Information

Your petition must be complete and legible (please type or print).
If the decedent's death certificate is not on file here in Houston County, you must provide us with a certified copy of his or her death certificate
If applicable, the original will must be filed with your petition (if original will is lost, there will be further requirements)

Filing Fees

COMMON PETITIONS	If Initial Filing	If Subsequent Filing
TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION	$130	$75
ADMINISTRATION	$130	$75
COMMON FORM WILL PROBATE	$130	$75
SOLEMN FORM WILL PROBATE	$130	$75
NO ADMINISTRATION NECESSARY	$130	$75
YEAR’S SUPPORT	$130	$75
WILL ANNEXED	$130	$75
DISCHARGE	$127 (this includes publication fee for discharge)

For all other estate filings please refer to the schedule of cost. Schedule of Costs.

If a legal ad is required, the fee is $130.00 and you should make that payable to Houston Home Journal. A legal ad is always required for Year's Support petitions, administrations where petitioner is requesting certain powers and waiver of bond and for solemn form probates and administrations with any unknown heirs or heirs with unknown addresses.

If sheriff service is required, there is a $50.00 charge per person. That needs to be payable to the appropriate Sheriff's Office.

ESTATE RECORD SEARCHES AND COPIES - 2016 to DATE - please visit:

https://www.georgiaprobaterecords.com/Estates/SearchEstates.aspx

For further information, please email Judith Borum at [email protected]

For Contested Estates, please email Kim Willson at [email protected]

For Discharge or Reporting for an Estate, please contact Megan Willson at [email protected]