Transfer on death deeds, legal in Texas since 2015, have been heralded as the latest, ... The original Texas statute included a form for the deed. The revised 2019 statute dropped it.

The Law Office of Whitney L. Thompson is a Houston-based firm focused on estate planning and probate matters. Led by Whitney ...

A: The nonprofit Texas Legal Services Center provides a number of free forms for the public to use, and one of them is the new Transfer on Death Deed intended to simplify transfer of real estate ...

The TOD deed sprang into being in 2015, when Texas enacted Chapter 114 of the Texas Estates Code. That makes it a relatively new statute. The original statute contained a sample form, but when too ...

A do-it-yourself form, newly created by the Legislature, will allow property owners to transfer land and buildings to their heirs without going through probate court — saving legal fees that ...

A: The Texas Transfer on Death Deed that is being repealed as of Sept. 1 is merely a suggested form. You are not required to use the exact language from the statute.

In 2015, the Texas Legislature adopted the Texas Real Property Transfer on Death Act (the “Act”) in Chapter 114 of the Texas Estates Code. The primary purpose of the act ...