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Tex. Est. Code § 256.201

ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hector Estrada, Isela Estrada, Maria Martinez, and Jorge Gonzales v. Daner Lee Cheshire and Lyndon Charles Cheshire (2015)

Most recently applied in Hector Estrada, Isela Estrada, Maria Martinez, and Jorge Gonzales v. Daner Lee Cheshire and Lyndon Charles Cheshire (July 2015)

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff

If the court is satisfied on the completion of hearing an application for the probate of a will that the will should be admitted to probate, the court shall enter an order admitting the will to probate. Certified copies of the will and the order admitting the will to probate, or of the record of the will and order, and the record of testimony, may be:

(1) recorded in other counties; and

(2) used in evidence, as the originals may be used, on the trial of the same matter in any other court when taken to that court by appeal or otherwise.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.