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PREFACE TO THE 2024 EDITION

The Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family & Probate Committee is pleased to offer this 2024 edition to the family and probate attorneys and judges of Texas. The dedicated members of the two subcommittees responsible for the volume have reviewed pertinent case law and 2023 legislation and incorporated needed changes in this new edition. The full Committee was chaired by me, Chris Nickelson, with Judge Chris Wilmoth serving as vice-chair. I headed the family law subcommittee, whose members were Thomas Ausley, Jonathan Bates, Becky Beaver, Kristy Dawn Blanchard, Roxie Williams Cluck, Samantha Frazier, Kelly L. Fritsch, Hon. Dennise Garcia, Hon. Karl Hays, Jessica Hall Janicek, Hon. Gloria López, Anna McKim, Susan Elizabeth Oehl, Kristal C. Thomson, and Hon. Alicia York. Our probate subcommittee was chaired by Judge Chris Wilmoth. Members were David G. Balmer, Ryan Cantrell, Thomas Lewis, William Cameron McCulloch, Jr., Kymberly McMorries, J. Barrett Shipp, Kevin Spencer, Hon. Polly Spencer, and Brian Tyler Thompson. We hope you will continue to find this volume a valuable resource in your work. We welcome your comments and suggestions, which may be emailed to books@texasbar.com . My thanks to all the hardworking members of the Committee for their contributions to this important project.

—Chris Nickelson, Chair

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