Fort Bend probate docket: multiple wills admitted, executors appointed; bonds set in two estates

Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 admitted multiple wills and appointed executors or administrators across a batch of probate matters, the court announced during a probate docket hearing.

The court admitted wills or declared heirs and made formal appointments in a series of cases with limited on-the-record testimony from relatives and witnesses. In several matters the judge found the estates to be nontaxable and waived appraisers; in two matters the court set bond amounts because dependent administration was required or because estate assets and a minor heir made a bond appropriate.

Votes at a glance / case outcomes

- '25 CPR 042668 — Estate of Maurice Levine: The court admitted the will and appointed Mark Allen Lassof as independent executor to serve without bond; the court waived appraisers and appointed a resident agent identified on the record as Mr. Anderson. The judge said, "I'm sorry for your loss," after admitting the will and making the appointment.

- '25 CPR 042398 — Estate of Larry Arthur Biestring: The court admitted the will dated July 24, 1998, and appointed Russell Van Buechering (transcript spelling varies) as independent executor to serve without bond; appraisers were waived.

- '25 CPR 042672 — Estate of Christopher Allen Taylor: The court admitted the last will and testament dated June 6, 2016,…