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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ESTATES CODE |
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Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
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Subtitle F. WILLS |
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Chapter 256. PROBATE OF WILLS GENERALLY |
| Subchapter A. EFFECTIVENESS OF WILL; PERIOD FOR PROBATE |
| § 256.001. WILL NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL PROBATED |
| § 256.002. PROBATE BEFORE DEATH VOID |
| § 256.003. PERIOD FOR ADMITTING WILL TO PROBATE; PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN PURCHASERS |
| Subchapter B. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS |
| § 256.051. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR PROBATE OF WILL |
| § 256.052. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WRITTEN WILL GENERALLY |
| § 256.053. FILING OF WRITTEN WILL WITH APPLICATION FOR PROBATE GENERALLY REQUIRED |
| § 256.054. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WRITTEN WILL IS PRODUCED |
| Subchapter C. PROCEDURES FOR SECOND APPLICATION |
| § 256.101. PROCEDURE ON FILING OF SECOND APPLICATION WHEN ORIGINAL APPLICATION HAS NOT BEEN HEARD |
| § 256.102. PROCEDURE ON FILING OF SECOND APPLICATION FOR PROBATE AFTER FIRST WILL HAS BEEN ADMITTED |
| § 256.103. PROCEDURE WHEN APPLICATION FOR PROBATE IS FILED AFTER LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN GRANTED |
| Subchapter D. REQUIRED PROOF FOR PROBATE OF WILL |
| § 256.151. GENERAL PROOF REQUIREMENTS |
| § 256.152. ADDITIONAL PROOF REQUIRED FOR PROBATE OF WILL |
| § 256.153. AUTHORIZED METHODS OF PROVING ATTESTED WRITTEN WILL |
| § 256.154. AUTHORIZED METHODS OF PROVING HOLOGRAPHIC WILL |
| § 256.155. PROCEDURES FOR DEPOSITIONS WHEN NO CONTEST IS FILED |
| § 256.156. PROOF OF WRITTEN WILL NOT PRODUCED IN COURT |
| § 256.157. TESTIMONY REGARDING PROBATE TO BE COMMITTED TO WRITING |
| Subchapter E. ADMISSION OF WILL TO, AND PROCEDURES FOLLOWING, PROBATE |
| § 256.201. ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE |
| § 256.202. CUSTODY OF PROBATED WILL |
| § 256.203. ESTABLISHING CONTENTS OF WILL NOT IN COURT'S CUSTODY |
| § 256.204. PERIOD FOR CONTEST |