Texas probate filings

One questionnaire. The whole probate roadmap.

Tell us about the estate once. Read the general rule for each Texas administration path, cited to the statute, and choose the one you will use. The filing roadmap and every deadline are then assembled from your answers — ready for you to act on.

Keep in mind: The software does not choose the path or say which one fits your estate, and it files nothing. Capabilities, limits and refusals

Step 1 of 5

The decedent

Decedent's full legal name*

Date of death*

Texas county of the estate

Was the decedent a Texas resident at death?*

A non-resident's Texas assets go through foreign-will/ancillary procedures — routed to attorney review in this version.

Intended (or actual) date the application will be filed

Drives the four-year will-probate period (Tex. Est. Code s. 256.003). Leave blank to use the date of death.