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District of Columbia Courts

Probate Division Administrative Orders

2024 Administrative Orders

Order 24-04: New Panel Members Added to the Existing Probate Fiduciary Panel Download
Order 24-01: Extension of Deadline for Acceptance of Applications for New Members of the Probate Fiduciary Panel Download

2023 Administrative Orders

Order 23-25: Acceptance of Applications for New Members of the Probate Fiduciary Panel Download
Order 23-20: Probate Division Fee Guidelines for Court-Appointed Fiduciaries Download
Order 23-19: Hourly Rate for Visitors, Case Reviewers, and Examiners Compensated From the Guardianship Fund Download
Order 23-06: Hourly Compensation Rate for Attorneys Appointed Under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect, and Guardianship Fund Download
Order 23-01: Re-establishment of the Probate Fiduciary Panel Download

2022 Administrative Orders

Order 22-30: Mandatory eFiling Civil, Probate, and Tax Divisions Download
Order 22-27: Establishment of the Probate Panel Implementation Committee (Amending Administrative Order 22-07) Download
Order 22-07: Establishment of the Probate Panel Implementation Committee Download

2020 Administrative Orders

Order 20-05: Re-establishment of the Probate Fiduciary Download

2019 Administrative Orders

Order 19-11: Extension of Time for Applications to the Probate Fiduciary Download
Order 19-06: Re-establishment of the Probate Fiduciary Download

2018 Administrative Orders

Order 18-10: Fixed Fee Voucher Program. Download

2017 Administrative Orders

Order 17-15: Additions to the Probate Fiduciary Panel of Attorneys Download
Order 17-15: ATTACHMENT Report to the Chief Judge Regarding the Replenishment of the Probate Fiduciary Panel Download
Order 17-14: Dissolution of the CJA CLE Committee and Transfer of Responsibility to the CJA Panel Committee. Download
Order 17-09: Re-Establishment of the Probate Panel Implementation Committee. Download
Order 17-08: Applications to the Probate Fiduciary Panel. Download
Order 17-02: Filings by Nonprofits in Probate Division (Supersedes 15-05) Download

2016 Administrative Orders

Order 16-16: Clarification Regarding Petitions for Compensation eFiled by Attorneys to the Probate Division Download

2015 Administrative Orders

Order 15-18: Re-establishment of the Probate Fiduciary Panel. Download
Order 15-02: Establishment of the Probate Panel Implementation Committee. Download
Order 15-01: Reestablishment of the Probate Fiduciary Panel Download

2014 Administrative Orders

Order 14-23: Revised Case Management Plan for the Domestic Relations Branch Download
Order 14-13: Issuance of Probate Division Case Management Plan Download
Order 14-04: Establishment of a Program for Adding Approved Non-Lawyer Professionals to the Probate Division Fiduciary Panel for Appointment as Guardians Download

2013 Administrative Orders

Order 13-15: eFiling in the Probate Division Download
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Probate Division

Presiding Judge: Hon. Laura Cordero
Deputy Presiding Judge: Hon. Carmen McLean
Director: Nicole Stevens
Deputy Director: Aisha Ivey-Nixon

Register of Wills: Nicole Stevens
Deputy Register of Wills: John H. Middleton<

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515 Fifth Street, NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001

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