I received a Notice of Hearing in Clark County Probate Case
If you receive a Notice of Hearing for a case in Clark County Nevada, it will state the date and time to appear in court if you have an objection. If the petition is to open a case, usually called something like Petition to Admit Will and Appoint Executor, or Petition to Probate Estate and Appoint Personal Representative, you can object verbally in court on the appointed date and time.
If the Petition is not the first filing in the case (for example, for the sale of property, or for an accounting), the objection must be in writing, filed with the court ten days after the petition was filed, and a copy mailed to everyone involved in the case. Then you must appear in court on the appointed date in the Notice of Hearing to discuss the matter with the judge and other parties.
Failure to object at the appropriate time usually means your right to object is forever barred, unless you can show a very good reason why you did not object on time.
What time is probate court today in Las Vegas?
The probate court in Clark County only holds hearings on Friday mornings at 9:30 am. It conducts all court business during this session, in this order: Matters which have been moved to a new date, matters which are approved unless an oral objection is made, matters which were contested but which the parties have resolved, sales of real estate, and all other matters that are contested. It can take two to three hours to complete all court business.
Because of the time involved in preparing for the cases, the court can only hear about 150 cases per week. This means that it can usually take about four to six weeks to get a hearing date.
If you are filing a probate case without a lawyer, it is important to watch your email inbox on the Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the hearing date. The court will contact you with information it needs to complete the filing, so that you can be approved on Friday. If you do not return the information on time, the court will move your hearing to the next available date in the future (four to six weeks) or may refuse to schedule your case at all. If you do not hear from the court, or you resolve the issues raised by the court, your matter will be placed on the approved list.