Recommended Titles and Treatises
To help provide access to the Texas State Law Library's legal resources, the reference librarians have selected the most noteworthy titles in our collection and arranged them here by subject. The titles listed for each subject feature a brief summary written by a reference librarian, and each subject's titles are divided into those that are specific to Texas law and those that aren't.
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Probate
Probate and decedents' estates (Texas Practice Series)
2 volumes. Updated annually.
Title title covers jurisdiction of probate court and district court, venue, pleadings and procedure, probate records, review of probate decrees, citations and notice, suits by and against estates, conveyances, determination of heirship, probate of wills and grant of letters, proceedings to set aside probate of will, foreign wills, administration of community property, assets of the estate subject to administration, homestead and other exempt property, creditors’ claims, sales, hiring and renting, mineral leases, partition and distribution, final settlement, and fundamentals of estate planning.
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