Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 251 - Fundamental Requirements And Provisions Relating To Wills

SUBCHAPTER A WILL FORMATION

• Texas Section 251.001 - Who May Execute Will
  Under the rules and limitations prescribed by law, a person of sound mind has the right and power to make a last will and testament...

SUBCHAPTER B WILL REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 251.002 - Interests That May Pass By Will; Disinheritance
  (a) Subject to limitations prescribed by law, a person competent to make a last will and testament may devise under the will and testament all...
• Texas Section 251.051 - Written, Signed, And Attested
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a last will and testament must be: (1) in writing; (2) signed by: (A) the testator in person; or...
• Texas Section 251.052 - Exception For Holographic Wills
  Notwithstanding Section 251.051, a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting is not required to be attested by subscribing witnesses. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...

SUBCHAPTER C SELF-PROVED WILLS

• Texas Section 251.053 - Exception For Foreign And Certain Other Wills
  Section 251.051 does not apply to a written will executed in compliance with: (1) the law of the state or foreign country where the will...
• Texas Section 251.101 - Self-proved Will
  A self-proved will is a will: (1) to which a self-proving affidavit subscribed and sworn to by the testator and witnesses is attached or annexed;...
• Texas Section 251.102 - Probate And Treatment Of Self-proved Will
  (a) A self-proved will may be admitted to probate without the testimony of any subscribing witnesses if: (1) the testator and witnesses execute a self-proving...
• Texas Section 251.103 - Period For Making Attested Wills Self-proved
  A will or testament that meets the requirements of Section 251.051 may be made self-proved at: (1) the time of the execution of the will...
• Texas Section 251.104 - Requirements For Self-proving Affidavit
  (a) An affidavit that is in form and content substantially as provided by Subsection (e) is a self-proving affidavit. (b) A self-proving affidavit must be...
• Texas Section 251.1045 - Simultaneous Execution, Attestation, And Self-proving
  (a) As an alternative to the self-proving of a will by the affidavits of the testator and the attesting witnesses as provided by Section 251.104,...
• Texas Section 251.105 - Effect Of Signature On Self-proving Affidavit
  A signature on a self-proving affidavit is considered a signature to the will if necessary to prove that the will was signed by the testator...
• Texas Section 251.106 - Contest, Revocation, Or Amendment Of Self-proved Will
  A self-proved will may be contested, revoked, or amended by a codicil in the same manner as a will that is not self-proved. Added by...
• Texas Section 251.107 - Self-proved Holographic Will
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting may be made self-proved at any time during the testator's...

Last modified: September 28, 2016