Texas recognizes handwritten holographic wills with no witnesses. That makes them easy to write and easy to contest. Here is when one holds up in probate.

When you die without a will in Texas, the Estates Code decides who inherits. A spouse plus children from a prior relationship makes the split surprisingly messy.

Texas is the only state that probates a will as a muniment of title, skipping full administration. Here is when it works and when the court will not allow it.