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A TEXAS COMPANION FOR THE COURSE IN WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES introduces Texas-specific law that every student planning to practice law in the state should know. Developed and refined through nearly two decades of classroom use, these materials provide a solid grounding not only for the Texas Bar Examination, but also for estate planning practice in Texas. This text serves as the ideal Texas companion to Dukeminier and Sitkoff, Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Eleventh Edition. Tate's text follows the same organization, but ensures that the material is easy to teach in any order. New to the 2025-26 Edition: This edition has been updated to reflect changes made through the 2025 regular session of the Texas legislature, including revisions relating to beneficiary designations for manufactured homes and self-proving affidavits for wills not produced in court. In addition, the new Texas Supreme Court case Estate of Brown on the presumption of revocation for missing wills has been added, replacing Estate of Turner from the Texas Court of Appeals. Teachers and students will benefit from: Citations and cross-references noting recent legislative changes Logical sequencing that tracks the chapter order in Sitkoff and Dukeminier, Wills, Trusts, and Estates (11th ed. 2022), but may be adapted to any other casebook Statutory provisions from the Texas Estates Code, Texas Trust Code, and other relevant statutes, along with excerpts from the Texas Constitution Thirty-seven edited Texas cases, selected for their importance in Texas law and pedagogical value

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