Tex. Estates Code § 256.157
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 256.157, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 256.157. TESTIMONY REGARDING PROBATE TO BE COMMITTED TO WRITING.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), all testimony taken in open court on the hearing of an application to probate a will must be:
(1) committed to writing at the time the testimony is taken;
(2) subscribed and sworn to in open court by the witness; and
(3) filed by the clerk.
(b) In a contested case, the court, on the agreement of the parties or, if there is no agreement, on the court's own motion, may waive the requirements of Subsection (a).
(1) committed to writing at the time the testimony is taken;
(2) subscribed and sworn to in open court by the witness; and
(3) filed by the clerk.
(b) In a contested case, the court, on the agreement of the parties or, if there is no agreement, on the court's own motion, may waive the requirements of Subsection (a).
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