Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas

Can you type out your will and have it noterized making it a legal will or does it have to be done by a lawyer?


Asked on 9/02/10, 6:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

You don't have to have a lawyer to do a will. But if you do it yourself, you should be very, very careful; the probate courts are picky about what they will accept when a will is offered to probate.

A will in Texas has to be holographic or, if it's typed, you shouldn't have erasures, type-overs, interlineated changes, etc. It has to have two competent witnesses, and it has to be notarized.

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Answered on 9/07/10, 10:22 am


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