Tex. Est. Code § 502.001

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 502.001 - Original Probate of Foreign Will Authorized
(a) This section applies only to a will of a testator who dies domiciled outside of this state that:
(1) on probate, may operate on any property in this state; and
(2) is valid under the laws of this state.
(b) A court may grant original probate of a will described by Subsection (a) in the same manner as the court grants the probate of other wills under this title if the will:
(1) has not been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled; or
(2) has been rejected from probate or establishment in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled solely for a cause that is not a ground for rejection of a will of a testator who died domiciled in this state.
(c) A court may delay passing on an application for probate of a foreign will pending the result of probate or establishment, or of a contest of probate or establishment, in the jurisdiction in which the testator died domiciled.

Tex. Estates § 502.001

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.