Holographic Will Example: Married Parent With Minor Children (Texas)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARCUS ANTHONY ALVARADO 1. Declaration. I, Marcus Anthony Alvarado, residing at 118 Alta Vista, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, born July 22, 1984, Texas driver license No. 30-1129-4471, make this my Last Will and Testament, written entirely in my own hand and signed by me. 2. Revocation. I revoke all earlier wills and codicils. 3. Capacity and form. I am of sound mind and over eighteen. This is a holographic will and needs no witnesses or notary because it is wholly in my handwriting and signed by me, under Tex. Est. Code sec. 251.052. 4. Family. I am married to Sofia Marie Alvarado. We have two minor children, Lucas Alvarado and Elena Alvarado. 5. Community property. I understand Texas is a community property state and that my wife already owns one half of our community property in her own right. This will disposes only of my one half of the community property together with my separate property. 6. Devise. I give my one half of the community property, including my interest in our home at 118 Alta Vista, and my separate property, including the land I inherited in Kerr County, to my wife Sofia Marie Alvarado. If she does not survive me by thirty days, I give that property to my children Lucas and Elena Alvarado in equal shares. 7. Guardian of minor children. If a guardian is needed for my minor children, I appoint my sister Rebecca Alvarado Cortez of Boerne, Texas, as guardian of their persons, as permitted by Tex. Est. Code sec. 1104.053. 8. Independent executor. I appoint my wife Sofia Marie Alvarado as independent executor to serve without bond. 9. Funeral wishes. I wish to be buried at San Fernando Cemetery in San Antonio. Signed at San Antonio, Texas, on [date]. [signature: Marcus Anthony Alvarado] Note: Texas has no forced heirship, so a testator may leave property freely, but a holographic will is valid only if wholly handwritten and signed by the testator (Tex. Est. Code sec. 251.052).