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Chapter 59 PROBATE CODE

• Article 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Article 2 COURTS AND THEIR RECORDS
• Article 3 JURISDICTION AND POWERS
• Article 4 HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES
• Article 5 INTESTATE SUCCESSION
• Article 6a ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE
• Article 6 WILLS
• Article 7 LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND OF ADMINISTRATION
• Article 8 ESTATES OF NONRESIDENTS
• Article 9 ESTATES OF INTESTATES WITHOUT HEIRS
• Article 10 PARTNERSHIP ESTATES
• Article 11 BONDS
• Article 12 INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT
• Article 13 CLASSIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF DEMANDS
• Article 14 MANAGEMENT AND SALE OF ASSETS
• Article 15 ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION
• Article 16 ACCOUNTING OF TRUSTEES
• Article 17 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ESTATES
• Article 18 GUARDIANSHIP
• Article 19 ESTATES OF CONVICTS
• Article 20 SUPPORT OF PATIENTS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS
• Article 21 ADOPTION
• Article 22a CY-PRES RULE FOR CHARITABLE TRUSTS, DEVISES OR BEQUESTS
• Article 22 PROBATE PROCEDURE
• Article 23 PROCEEDINGS FOR SALE, LEASE AND MORTGAGE OF REALTY
• Article 24 APPEALS AND TRANSFERS
• Article 25 RULES OF COURT
• Article 26 MISCELLANEOUS
• Article 27 ESTATES OF ABSENTEES
• Article 28 SPECIAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
• Article 29a COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS
• Article 29b CARE AND TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH AN ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM
• Article 29 CARE AND TREATMENT FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
• Article 30 GUARDIANS OR CONSERVATORS
• Article 31 UNIFORM TESTAMENTARY ADDITIONS TO TRUSTS ACT
• Article 32 SIMPLIFIED ESTATES ACT
• Article 33 INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION ACT
• Article 34 UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
• Article 35 TRANSFER-ON-DEATH