Lafourche Parish · Thibodaux · Bayou Country

Louisiana Succession Attorney for Lafourche Parish.

Flat-fee succession across Thibodaux, Lockport, Larose, Cut Off, and Galliano. Oilfield-services and seafood-industry estates a focus.

Successions in Lafourche Parish

Lafourche Parish is the long, narrow “bayou parish” that runs from Thibodaux down Bayou Lafourche to the Gulf of Mexico. Probate and successions are filed in the 17th Judicial District Court at the Lafourche Parish Courthouse, 303 West 3rd Street, Thibodaux. The 17th JDC is a single-parish district serving Lafourche only.

Lafourche successions reflect a distinctive coastal economy. Port Fourchon, at the southern tip of the parish, services the great majority of Gulf deepwater oil production and the LOOP offshore oil port, so oilfield-services families with multi-state mineral interests are common. So are shrimping and seafood estates with vessels and dock rights, sugarcane farmland up the bayou, and hurricane-recovery estates since Hurricane Ida (2021).

Common Lafourche Parish Succession Scenarios

Oilfield-services worker estates with mineral interests in Lafourche, Terrebonne, and offshore.
Shrimping and commercial-fishing successions involving vessels, slips, and dockage rights.
Sale of an inherited Thibodaux or Larose home where no succession was opened.
Hurricane-Ida-related estates with insurance settlements and rebuilding contractor receivables.
Estates spanning Lafourche plus Terrebonne or St. Mary Parish.

Pricing for Lafourche Parish Successions

Our flat fees apply equally across all 64 Louisiana parishes. 17th JDC filing fees typically run $150–$300; recording in Lafourche Parish conveyance records is approximately $100–$200. See full pricing breakdown.

Process

Free consultation and flat-fee quote within 24 hours.
You sign one notarized Verification — from any notary, anywhere.
We file in 17th JDC, Thibodaux.
Judgment of Possession issues; we record in Lafourche Parish conveyance records and deliver certified copies.

See the full process.

Service Areas Within Lafourche Parish

Thibodaux, Lockport, Larose, Cut Off, Galliano, Golden Meadow, Raceland, and the unincorporated bayou communities of the parish.

Frequently Asked Questions — Lafourche Parish

Where is the Lafourche Parish succession court?

17th Judicial District Court, Lafourche Parish Courthouse, 303 West 3rd Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301. Successions are filed with the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court.

The decedent owned a shrimp boat. Does that go through succession?

Yes — vessels are movable property and pass through succession. We coordinate with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and the Coast Guard for title transfer once the Judgment of Possession is signed.

The decedent had offshore mineral interests in addition to Lafourche minerals. Where do we file?

Filed in the parish of domicile (typically Lafourche). Offshore mineral interests in federal waters are handled differently than state-water minerals; we coordinate with BOEM and BSEE as needed during the descriptive-list stage.

I’m working offshore or out of state. Can it still be remote?

Yes. We handle Lafourche successions entirely remotely — you sign one notarized document wherever you are and return it to us.

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Louisiana Succession Attorney — Lafourche Parish (Thibodaux)