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How do you get a letter of testamentary in Texas?

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Letters testamentary. Not letters of testamentary. You file an application to admit the Will to probate and for an order authorizing and directing the clerk to issue the letters. Some courts will allow you to proceed pro se, others require that you use an attorney.

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