Tex. Est. Code § 257.053 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION AND PROOF REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WILL IS PRODUCED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 257.051, if an applicant for the probate of a 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 and address, if known, whether the person is an adult or minor, 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.
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 33, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.
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