The probate of a simple will that leaves property in equal shares to two people should not take more than a few months.

The Texas Legislature increased the penalty for forgery of a will, codicil or deed to a third-degree felony, just one of a number of changes made this year.

Dear Mr. Premack: My father passed away, leaving me and my sister a house in Texas. My father also had two more houses in Oklahoma. We have already probated his will in Oklahoma in court. My sister ...