*Be sure to check the website of the court to which you are assigned. Policies, procedures, and requirements may vary from court to court.
Forms
Online
- Affidavit of Distributees/Small Estate With Judge’s Order of Approval
- Affidavit of Heirship for a Motor Vehicle
- Application for Emergency Burial Expenses
- Application for Protection of Personal Property
- Application To Open Safe Deposit Box and Examine Papers
- I want to use a Small Estate Affidavit to probate an estate
- Inventory and Appraisement Of The Estate and Order
- Possession Order for Wills and Insurance Policies
- Sample Affidavit of Heirship
- Testimony for Self Proven Wills
Print
- O’Connor’s Texas Probate Law Handbook (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library.)
- Texas Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library and through Westlaw Patron Access Remote.)
- Texas Litigation Guide (Also available online through the Law Library’s LexisNexis Digital Library.)
- Texas Practice Guide: Probate (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library and through Westlaw Patron Access Remote.)
- Texas Practice Series: Probate and Decedents Estates (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library and through Westlaw Patron Access Remote.)
- Texas Probate, Estate, and Trust Administration (Also available online through the Law Library’s LexisNexis Digital Library.)
- Texas Probate Forms & Procedures (Also available through LexisNexis at the Law Library.)
- Texas Probate System
- West’s Texas Forms (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library and through Westlaw Patron Access Remote.)
Print Resources
- O’Connor’s Texas Probate Law Handbook, By Craig Hopper and D’Ana H. Mikeska, Thomson Reuters. This handbook offers a comprehensive look at handling a probate matter from the death and disposition of the body to the closing of the decedent’s estate. Relevant topics include intestate and testate administrations, dependent and independent administrations, personal representatives, and taxes. (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library.)
- Texas Practice Guide: Probate, By Thomas M. Featherston, Jr., et al., Thomson Reuters. This book provides forms, practical guidance, comprehensive discussions, and strategies for handling issues that arise in probate proceedings. Chapter 5 focuses independent administration while Chapter 6 addresses the procedures for probating a will and the procedures for handling an estate when there is no will. (Also available through Westlaw at the Law Library and through Westlaw Patron Access Remote).
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Resources: The State Bar of Texas requires licensed attorneys to take 15 credits of CLE each year. CLE courses typically focus on a particular area of law and might include legal theory, practice tips and guidance, developments in the law, or legislative updates. CLEs are secondary resources that are especially useful in that they provide current information about legal topics and issues.
- State Bar of Texas Annual Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate Course
- State Bar of Texas Annual Estate Planning & Probate Drafting Course
- State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course
- State Bar of Texas Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Course
