Sec. 257.053. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WRITTEN WILL IS PRODUCED

In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 257.051, if an applicant for the probate of a written will as a muniment of title cannot produce the will in court, the application must state:

(1) the reason the will cannot be produced;

(2) the contents of the will, to the extent known; and

(3) the name, age, marital status, and address, if known, and the relationship to the testator, if any, of:

(A) each devisee;

(B) each person who would inherit as an heir of the testator in the absence of a valid will; and

(C) in the case of partial intestacy, each heir of the testator.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.