• Chapter 1: Client Engagement
• Chapter 2: Probate Options & Considerations
• Chapter 3: Emergency Procedures
• Chapter 4: Personal Representative
• Chapter 5: Venue & Jurisdiction
• Chapter 6: Temporary Administration
• Chapter 7: Independent Administration
• Chapter 8: Dependent Administration
• Chapter 9: Muniment of Title
• Chapter 10: Determination of Heirship
• Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Procedures
• Chapter 12: Creditors
• Chapter 13: Foreign Wills
• Chapter 14: Tax Considerations
• Chapter 15: Contested Matters
• Appendix: A Logical Guide to the Texas Estates Code
• Table of Statutes
• Table of Cases
• Table for New Texas Estates Code
• Index

This edition brings you—

More than 40 revised forms including these:

Client Engagement

• Engagement Letter — Joint Representation — Executors. Form 1-9
• Engagement Letter — Joint Representation —Beneficiaries. Form 1-10

Independent Administration

• Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 7-2
• Application for Probate of Copy of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 7-3
• Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters of Independent Administration. Form 7-4

Dependent Administration

• Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 8-3
• Application for Probate of Copy of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 8-4
• Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters of Dependent Administration With Will Annexed. Form 8-5
• Application for Letters of Dependent Administration. Form 8-6
• Waiver of Citation by Distributee Pursuant to §258.002. Form 8-6.1

Muniment of Title

• Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title. Form 9-2
• Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title (Will Not Produced). Form 9-3
• Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title (Will Not Self-Proved). Form 9-4
• Proof of Death and Other Facts. Form 9-5

And revised text covering:

• Increased ceiling for qualifying as a small estate. §§2:16, 11:01
• Who are a nonresident decedent’s “next of kin” for purposes of determining venue. §5:03
• Requirement that applications for probate include partial social security and driver’s license numbers of applicant and decedent. §§7:10, 8:10, 9:10.
• Posting of notice to creditors when there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county where letters were issued. §§7:62, 8:72
• Penalty for misrepresentation by Independent Executor in Affidavit in Lieu of Inventory §7:80
• Extended deadline for filing first account by personal representative. 8:120
• Admission of copy of a lost foreign will to probate. §§13:40, 13:41
• Independent Executor’s options when faced with distributing estate assets in undivided interests. §15:60