Organized to parallel the Texas Probate Code,
Probate and Decedents' Estates furnishes the information needed to make your probate practice more efficient and profitable. The authors' valuable commentaries on both the Probate Code and significant decisions interpreting it direct you to controlling authority. Coverage includes:
- Jurisdiction of probate court and district court
- Venue
- Pleadings and procedure
- Probate records
- Review of probate decrees
- Citations and notice
- Suits by and against estates
- Conveyances
- Determination of heirship
- Proceedings to set aside probate of will
- Foreign wills
- Administration of community property
- Homestead and other exempt property
- Creditors' claims
- Sales, hiring and renting
- Partition and distribution
- Final settlement
Citations, tables, references, and other special features speed your research. Sample forms save hours of drafting time.