Sec. 256.201. ADMISSION OF WILL TO PROBATE. If the court is satisfied on the completion of hearing an application for the probate of a will that the will should be admitted to probate, the court shall enter an order admitting the will to probate. Certified copies of the will and the order admitting the will to probate, or of the record of the will and order, and the record of testimony, may be:
(1) recorded in other counties; and
(2) used in evidence, as the originals may be used, on the trial of the same matter in any other court when taken to that court by appeal or otherwise.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Chapter 256 - Probate of Wills Generally
Subchapter E. Admission of Will To, and Procedures Following, Probate
Section 256.201. Admission of Will to Probate
Section 256.202. Custody of Probated Will
Section 256.203. Establishing Contents of Will Not in Court's Custody