NO. ________

ESTATE OF	§	IN THE ___________ COURT

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__________________________,	§	OF

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DECEASED	§	____________ COUNTY, TEXAS

ORDER DECLARING HEIRSHIP, GRANTING ADMINISTRATION

AND APPOINTING AN ADMINISTRATOR

On this day came on to be heard the Application for Determination of Heirship and for Letters of Administration (the "Application") filed by _____________________________ ("Applicant"). The Court, after considering the pleadings, the evidence, and the statements filed herein, finds that:

A.	Service of citation has been made in the manner and for the length of time required by law, and all parties interested in the estate have executed the Application or have been duly served with citation as required by law;

B.	__________________________ ("Decedent") is dead, having died on ________________, 199__, in ___________ County, Texas;

C.	Decedent was domiciled in and had a fixed place of residence in _________ County, Texas, at the time of his death;

D.	Four years have not elapsed since the death of Decedent and this Court has jurisdiction of Decedent's estate;

E.	Decedent died without leaving a lawful will;

F.	Decedent was married to ________________ on the date of death;

G.	There is a need for administration of this estate;

H.	___________________ is not disqualified by law from accepting letters of administration or from serving as administrator and is entitled to such letters;

I.	There is no need for appointment of appraisers for this estate;

J.	All matters and proof required to support the Application have been fully complied with and met, and it would be in the best interest of the estate and the distributees that the Application be granted;

K.	The heirship of Decedent has been fully and satisfactorily proved, as well as the identity and nature of Decedent's property as being separate or community and the interests and shares of each of the heirs therein; and

L.	_____________________ has been appointed attorney ad litem to represent the interests of Decedent's heirs whose whereabouts are unknown and known heirs suffering legal disability.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the names, ages, marital status and residence addresses of the Decedent's heirs, the relationship of each heir to Decedent, and the true interest of each of the heirs in the estate of Decedent are as follows:

Name, Age and Marital Status

Residence Address

Relationship

Interest in Community Property	Interest in

Separate Personal Property

Interest in

Separate Real Property
___________, Age ___, Widowed	___________

___________

___________	Wife	All of her one- half (1/2)	One-third (1/3)	Life estate in one-third (1/3)
___________, Age ___, Unmarried	___________

___________

___________	Daughter by Prior Marriage	One-half (1/2) of Decedent's one-half (1/2) [i.e., one-fourth (1/4) of the entire community estate]	One-half (1/2) of two-thirds (2/3) [i.e., one- third (1/3)]	One-half (1/2) of two-thirds (2/3) [i.e., one- third (1/3)] outright, and one-half (1/2) of one-third [i.e., one-sixth (1/6)] subject to Applicant's life estate
___________, Age ___, Unmarried	___________

___________

___________	Daughter by Prior Marriage	One-half (1/2) of Decedent's one-half (1/2) [i.e., one-fourth (1/4) of the entire community estate]	One-half (1/2) of two-thirds (2/3) [i.e., one- third (1/3)]	One-half (1/2) of two-thirds (2/3) [i.e., one- third (1/3)] outright, and one-half (1/2) of one-third [i.e., one-sixth (1/6)] subject to Applicant's life estate

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that administration of this estate is granted; that __________________ is hereby appointed administrator of the estate; that bond is set at $______________________; that the Clerk of this Court shall issue letters of administration to _________________ after she has posted such bond and taken and filed the oath as required by law; that __________________ is awarded and allowed an attorneys' fee of $______________________ for his services rendered as attorney ad litem to be taxed as costs in this case; and that no appraisers be appointed for this estate.

SIGNED this ____ day of _____________, 199__.

Judge Presiding