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Texas Probate Code - Chapter IV Execution And Revocation Of WillsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Probate Code > Texas Probate Code - Chapter IV Execution And Revocation Of Wills Every person who has attained the age of eighteen years, or who is or has been lawfully married, or who is a member of the ... (a) Every person competent to make a last will and testament may thereby devise and bequeath all the estate, right, title, and interest in property ... (a) A testator may validly devise or bequeath property in a will to the trustee of a trust established or to be established: (1) during ... (a) A devise or bequest of property in a will is void if the devise or bequest is made to: (1) an attorney who prepares ... A testator may not exercise a power of appointment through a residuary clause in the testator's will or through a will providing for general disposition ... (a) Every last will and testament, except where otherwise provided by law, shall be in writing and signed by the testator in person or by ... (a) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, if executed or entered into on or after ... Where the will is written wholly in the handwriting of the testator, the attestation of the subscribing witnesses may be dispensed with. Such a will ... Should any person be a subscribing witness to a will, and also be a legatee or devisee therein, if the will cannot be otherwise established, ... In the situation covered by the preceding Section, the bequest to the subscribing witness shall not be void if his testimony proving the will is ... No will in writing, and no clause thereof or devise therein, shall be revoked, except by a subsequent will, codicil, or declaration in writing, executed ... Any person who is competent to make a last will and testament may dispose of his personal property by a nuncupative will made under the ... No nuncupative will shall be established unless it be made in the time of the last sickness of the deceased, at his home or where ... (a) Whenever a pretermitted child is not mentioned in the testator's will, provided for in the testator's will, or otherwise provided for by the testator, ... (a) If a devisee who is a descendant of the testator or a descendant of a testator's parent is deceased at the time of the ... (a) If, after making a will, the testator is divorced or the testator's marriage is annulled, all provisions in the will in favor of the ... (a) A court may not prohibit a person from executing a new will or a codicil to an existing will. (b) Notwithstanding Section 3(g) of ... The husband or wife may, by last will and testament, give to the survivor of the marriage the power to keep testator's separate property together ... (a) Unless the will clearly provides otherwise, a devise of securities that are owned by the testator on the date of execution of the will ... (a) Deposit of Will. A will may be deposited by the person making it, or by another person for him, with the county clerk of ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a specific devise passes to the devisee subject to each debt secured by the property ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |