Tex. Est. Code § 256.102 · Subchapter C. PROCEDURES FOR SECOND APPLICATION
PROCEDURE ON FILING OF SECOND APPLICATION FOR PROBATE AFTER FIRST WILL HAS BEEN ADMITTED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If, after a decedent's will has been admitted to probate, an application is filed for the probate of a will of the same decedent that has not previously been presented for probate, the court shall determine:
(1) whether the former probate should be set aside; and
(2) if the former probate is to be set aside, whether:
(A) the other will should be admitted to probate; or
(B) the decedent died intestate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.256.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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