Texas § ES.502.001 - ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL AUTHORIZED
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§ ES.502.001. ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL AUTHORIZED
ORIGINAL PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILL AUTHORIZED. (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. (c) A court may delay passing on an application for probate of a foreign will pending the result of probate or establishment, or of a contest of probate or establishment, in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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