Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family & Probate, 2026 Edition

Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family & Probate is intended to assist the bench and bar in preparing the court’s charge in jury cases. It provides definitions, instructions, and questions needed to submit jury charges in family and probate cases generally.

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Digital Download includes:  

  • The entire Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family & Probate, 2026 Edition in PDF
  • All charge language is provided as Word files

 

Hard copy book specifications: 

  • 2 softbound volume 
  • 502 pages 
  • 7 3/8” x 9 7/8” x 1.012” 

  

ISBN (print): 978-1-956363-80-7 

ISBN (digital download): 978-1-956363-81-4 

© 2026 

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Summary of Contents

Chapter 200 Admonitory Instructions
Chapter 201 Dissolution of Marriage
Chapter 202 Characterization of Property
Chapter 203 Valuation of Property
Chapter 204 Reimbursement
Chapter 205 Disregarding Corporate Form
Chapter 206 Fraud—Dissolution of Marriage
Chapter 207 Enforceability of Property Agreements
Chapter 215 Definitions and Instructions—Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 216 Conservatorship and Support—Original Suits
Chapter 217 Modification of Conservatorship and Support
Chapter 218 Termination of Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 230 Will Contests
Chapter 232 Breach of Duty by Personal Representative
Chapter 233 Removal of Personal Representative
Chapter 235 Express Trusts
Chapter 240 Guardianship of Adult.
Chapter 245 Involuntary Commitment
Chapter 250 Attorney’s Fees
Chapter 251 Preservation of Charge Error

Appendix
Statutes and Rules Cited
Cases Cited
Subject Index

Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family & Probate List of Charges

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Existence of Informal Marriage

Requirements of a Will

Separate and Community Property

Contributors

Committee on Pattern Jury Charges

Family & Probate

ANNA MCKIM, Co-chair
RYAN CANTRELL, Co-chair

DAVID G. BALMER
KRISTY BLANCHARD
HON. CHRISTINE BUTTS
ROXIE W. CLUCK
SAMANTHA ELYSE FRAZIER-CONLEY
KELLY FRITSCH
HON. KARL E. HAYS
CHRISTOPHER HODGE
EKATERINA LONG
HON. GLORIA ELIZABETH LÓPEZ
W. CAMERON MCCULLOCH, JR.
JAMES M. MCNEEL
KIMBERLY NAYLOR
CHRIS NICKELSON
SUSAN OEHL
SARAH PATEL PACHECO
JULIA PULLIN
HON. DEAN RUCKER
SALLEE S. SMITH
HON. POLLY JACKSON SPENCER
R. KEVIN SPENCER
BRIAN TYLER THOMPSON
KRISTAL CORDOVA THOMSON
PATRICIA ROUSE VARGAS
HON. CHRIS WILMOTH