Sec. 504.003. PROCEDURES AND TIME LIMITS FOR CONTESTING FOREIGN WILL. (a) The probate in this state of a foreign will probated or established in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death may be contested in the manner that would apply if the testator had been domiciled in this state at the time of the testator's death.
(b) A foreign will admitted to ancillary probate in this state or filed in the deed records of any county of this state may be contested using the same procedures and within the same time limits applicable to the contest of a will admitted to original probate in this state.
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
Subtitle K - Foreign Wills, Other Testamentary Instruments, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 504 - Contest of or Other Challenge to Foreign Testamentary Instrument
Subchapter A. Contest or Setting Aside Probate of Foreign Will in This State
Section 504.001. Grounds for Contesting Foreign Will Probated in Domiciliary Jurisdiction
Section 504.002. Grounds for Contesting Foreign Will Probated in Non-Domiciliary Jurisdiction
Section 504.003. Procedures and Time Limits for Contesting Foreign Will
Section 504.004. Probate of Foreign Will Set Aside for Lack of Service