Tex. Est. Code § 501.002 · Chapter 501. ANCILLARY PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL
APPLICATION FOR ANCILLARY PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An application for ancillary probate in this state of a foreign will admitted to probate or otherwise established in the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death is required to indicate only that probate in this state is requested on the basis of the authenticated copy of the foreign proceedings in which the will was admitted to probate or otherwise established.
(b) An application for ancillary probate in this state of a foreign will that has been admitted to probate or otherwise established in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death must:
(1) include all information required for an application for probate of a domestic will; and
(2) state the name and address of:
(A) each devisee; and
(B) each person who would be entitled to a portion of the estate as an heir in the absence of a will.
(c) An application described by Subsection (a) or (b) must include for filing a copy of the foreign will and the judgment, order, or decree by which the will was admitted to probate or otherwise established. The copy must:
(1) be attested by and with the original signature of the court clerk or other official who has custody of the will or who is in charge of probate records;
(2) include a certificate with the original signature of the judge or presiding magistrate of the court stating that the attestation is in proper form; and
(3) have the court seal affixed, if a court seal exists.
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.501.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Est. Code § 501.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 501.003CITATION AND NOTICE.Printed as Section 501.002(a) | Section 501.002(b)
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.001AUTHORIZATION TO RECORD CERTAIN FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS IN DEED RECORDS.Printed as Section 501.002(c)
- Tex. Est. Code § 503.002RECORDING OF CERTAIN FOREIGN TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS IN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.Printed as Section 501.002(c)
- Tex. Est. Code § 505.052POWER TO SELL PROPERTY.Printed as Section 501.002(c)
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