In In re Estate of Martinez, a son appealed an order finding that his mother’s holographic will devised certain property to his daughter. No. 04-22-00708-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 1258 (Tex. App.—San Antonio February 21, 2024, no pet. history). The court of appeals affirmed. The court stated as follows concerning
partial intestacy
Court Holds That A Will Left A Partial Intestacy
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In Sullivan v. Hatchett, a husband executed a will giving his wife a life estate in his property. No. 07-17-00296-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 980 (Tex. App.—Amarillo February 11, 2019, no pet. history). The will then provided:
THIRD: In the event [Juanita] should predecease me, or if we should
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Court Held That A Testator Was Partially Intestate And Did Not Leave His Real Property To His Niece Under His Will
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In In re Estate of Neal, Larry Ronald Neal executed a will in which he bequeathed his personal property to his niece, Valorie Jean White, and omitted a devise to his daughter. No. 02-16-00381-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 10541 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth November 9, 2017, no pet. history). The…