Texas Probate Procedures: How Soon Must You File?

The statute of limitations for filing probate in Texas is four years from the date of death. If you don’t probate the Will or if you don’t seek to submit the Will into probate within four years, then whatever benefit the Will may have created for you is lost. In other words, it’s as if you had no Will.

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What is the Texas probate system like?

When a person dies and leaves property that has not been transferred to another person by way of a trust, a right of survivorship, or a gift (say, through a will), the property will be distributed through the process of probate. The role of the Texas probate court and all persons hired by the court to facilitate this process is known as probate administration.

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