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Bill would require qualified delivery of original wills and other probate clarifications; probate practitioners back measure
Summary
Senate Bill 1448 would require that original wills be transferred by a qualified delivery method in court-to-court transfers and makes other clarifying changes to the Estates Code. The Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute testified in support and the committee left the bill pending.
Senate Bill 1448, introduced by Senator Hughes, would amend probate procedures to require that original wills be transferred using the Estates Code’s definition of a “qualified delivery method” when a probate file moves between courts and make other clarifying edits to recent probate reforms.
Senator Hughes told the committee the 2023 legislation that authorized electronic transfer of…
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