TX SB1448

Requires original wills (or paper copies of wills that cannot be produced) to be sent by qualified delivery method when probate proceedings are transferred between counties, with the applicant paying delivery costs

Establishes service requirements for probate proceedings when a person entitled to notice has died after the decedent, allowing service on the deceased person's personal representative or distributees, or by publication if neither exists

Allows a copy of a will with a self-proving affidavit to be treated as self-proved when the original will cannot be produced in court, provided the affidavit meets statutory requirements

Requires estate inventories to state whether the decedent was married at death before specifying separate versus community property, and requires temporary administrators to file proof of notice service within 7 days of receiving letters

Adds statutory probate courts to the list of courts required to deliver orders electronically through the state's electronic filing system and clarifies surviving spouse powers to dispose of community property to pay debts for which community property is liable