re: Do you need a lawyer for probate?

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For a will this simple, you can easily do this without a lawyer. Depending on the assets that Mom is getting, you may not need to open a succession at all. You certainly don’t need to pay a lawyer a few thousand for this - and I am a lawyer.

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This.

I've seen much more complicated issues (divorce and remarriage. Assets prior to marriage. Kids from previous marriages) go through without an attorney and without a hitch.

What is your time worth?
There is a lot of value to hiring an attorney. But if you have time to be diligent and time to bump your head a bit along the way, good luck to you.

Jesus dude, take a chill pill

You are talking about these things without offering th OP advice on what the heck you mean. How does he get it probated first? What is a judgement of possession and how do you get that? What is a DDL and how do you get that? If someone challenges then do we hire an attorney? Is he automatically an executor because it’s in the will, so he can immediately act on behalf of estate or does he have to petition the court for approval to be executor? Once that happens does the court issue its own order or does he have to prepare one? Where are the guides we can find online? Does he need to alert anyone? How does he provide notice to creditors? Once he provides notice are there time delays? After providing notice to creditors is the estate automatically closed or does it need another petition to be filed? How long does all of this take? Does the heir need to sign off on the petition or just the former wife?

You say it’s easy and then go through a lot of things regular people don’t know. Baldona told me to go frick myself because I basically said he needed someone that can do all of those things for next to nothing instead of trying to figure it out on his own.

The bigger question is does he even need to do an estate or succession and why?

When it comes to the law I don’t hold back and always go for the kill. I don’t let them get up when I have them on the ground. I step on their throat until they surrender or they die. It’s a passion for me.

But don’t misunderstand. I’m not a hired gun like others are and don’t twist words to be paid like a whore. I don’t take cases where the client wants to or has fricked someone over. Money doesn’t mean anything to me and it shouldn’t mean anything to any attorney when it comes to the law. I didn’t fight for me. I fought for the OP. If you can see that, then you know why I did what I did. The attitude lawyers are supposed to have and not the abomination the profession has turned into.

Louisiana probate? Keep in mind that Louisiana does things a little differently than the rest of the world because of Napoleonic Law. It's not that difficult, but it also won't be that expensive if it is as straight forward as you say it is.

I am looking now for a lawyer. I see that prices are so high. Where have you found servcies for a good price?

You get what you pay for. You do a succession one time, pay the money and get it done right. As someone else stated, filing fees are a big part of the cost. Get an attorney that actually does this for a living.

I’m not an attorney and don’t do this but I see a lot of these done wrong then people have to pay more filing costs to get successions fixed.

Holy shite a 4 year old bump and then a bot marketing post

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There are white hat attorneys and black hat attorneys. Buyer beware.

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I know this is an old bump but what's this mean?

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I wonder if you were disbarred because of all the advice on the message board that went awry?

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I've been in front of so many juries due to posts in this thread. SO MANY juries.