Texas Estates Code

§ 502.001 — ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL AUTHORIZED

ES § 502.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part K. FOREIGN WILLS, OTHER TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS, AND FIDUCIARIES · Ch. 502. ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL

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(a)This section applies only to a will of a testator who dies domiciled outside of this state that:

(1)on probate, may operate on any property in this state; and

(2)is valid under the laws of this state.

(b)A court may grant original probate of a will described by Subsection (a) in the same manner as the court grants the probate of other wills under this title if the will:

(1)has not been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled; or

(2)has been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled solely for a cause that is not a ground for rejection of a will of a testator who died domiciled in this state.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.