{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-253.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 253.001","heading":"COURT MAY NOT PROHIBIT CHANGING OR REVOKING A WILL.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 22.007(a), in this section, \"court\" means a constitutional county court, district court, or statutory county court, including a statutory probate court.\n(b) A court may not prohibit a person from:\n(1) executing a new will;\n(2) executing a codicil to an existing will; or\n(3) revoking an existing will or codicil in whole or in part.\n(c) Any portion of a court order that purports to prohibit a person from engaging in an action described by Subsection (b) is void and may be disregarded without penalty or sanction of any kind.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 20, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE F. WILLS","CHAPTER 253. CHANGE AND REVOCATION OF WILLS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.253.htm#253.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"6510041248a89e4f8898deb380783b078b708cb40bc846c661a04bcad922b2e5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-252.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-253.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}