Texas Panel Affirms Default Finding In Late Probate Of Domestic Partner’s Will

Mealey's (July 22, 2022, 7:53 AM EDT) -- EL PASO, Texas — A Texas appellate court on July 20 affirmed a trial court’s order denying a domestic partner’s application to probate a holographic will bequeathing the decedent’s home to his domestic partner, finding that because “there is some evidence in support of the trial court’s implied finding of default” in failing to meet the statutory requirement to probate the will within four years of death, “legally sufficient evidence supports the finding.”...