2011 Texas Statutes
ESTATES CODE
TITLE 2 - ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
SUBTITLE F - WILLS
CHAPTER 253 - CHANGE AND REVOCATION OF WILLS
ESTATES CODE
TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
SUBTITLE F. WILLS
CHAPTER 253. CHANGE AND REVOCATION OF WILLS
Text of section effective on January 01, 2014
Sec. 253.001. COURT MAY NOT PROHIBIT CHANGING A WILL. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22.007(a), in this section, "court" means a constitutional county court, district court, or statutory county court, including a statutory probate court.
(b) A court may not prohibit a person from executing a new will or a codicil to an existing will.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Text of section effective on January 01, 2014
Sec. 253.002. REVOCATION OF WILL. A written will, or a clause or devise in a written will, may not be revoked, except by a subsequent will, codicil, or declaration in writing that is executed with like formalities, or by the testator destroying or canceling the same, or causing it to be destroyed or canceled in the testator's presence.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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