O'Connor's Texas Probate Law Handbook, 2022 ed.

Edited by Craig Hopper and D’Ana H. Mikeska—board-certified attorneys in estate planning and probate law—O’Connor’s Texas Probate Law Handbook provides an in-depth and practice-focused explanation of probate law in Texas.

Designed to help attorneys and paralegals handle probate matters quickly and effectively with detailed, step-by-step instructions and comprehensive analysis, this 800-page guide will be an indispensable resource in any office.

The book’s main topics include the following:

• Death and disposition of the body
• Collecting, securing, and managing estate property
• Jurisdiction and venue
• Wills (requirements and construction)
• Testate administrations
• Intestate administrations
• Personal representatives (duties and powers, and how to sue and replace)
• Opening an administration
• Federal, state, and foreign taxes
• Dependent administrations
• Independent administrations
• Temporary administrations
• Will contests
• Foreign wills
• Alternatives to administration