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- 4.04.1 Basic Concepts
- 4.04.2 Intestate Succession - General
- 4.04.3 Joint Tenancies - Written Agreement Required
- 4.04.4 Right of Survivorship in Community Property (Estates Code §112.051)
- 4.04.5 Proceeding to Declare Heirship
- 4.04.6 Small Estates (Estates Code §205)
- 4.04.7 Application for Order that No Administration is Necessary (Estates Code §451.001)
- 4.04.8 Powers of Surviving Spouse When No Administration Is Pending (Estates Code §§453.003-453.004)
- 4.04.9 Community Administration (Probate Code Sects. 161, 166, 167)
- 4.04.10 Accounting and Distribution by Community Survivor (Estates Code §§453.006-453.008)
- 4.04.11 Distribution of Powers Among Personal Representatives and Surviving Spouse (Estates Code § 453.009)
- 4.04.12 Testate Succession - General
- 4.04.13 Independent Administration
- 4.04.14 Informal Probate of a Will (Probate Code Secs. 501-524)
- 4.04.15 Probate of Wills as Muniments of Title (Estates Code §§257.051-257.053)
- 4.04.16 Foreign Wills - Probate Procedures
- 4.04.17 Sales through Administration
- 4.04.18 Authority of Personal Representative – Extending Obligations; Purchases; Compromises; and Releases
- 4.04.19 Joint Executors or Administrators - Conveyances
- 4.04.20 Inventory, Appraisement, and List of Claims
- 4.04.21 Definitions and Distinctions
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