Slipknot, there are other places like that Legal Zoom place that may cost less money. Just do a search. Homemade wills are perfectly valid if they're notarized and witnessed and filed with the county. And in most places in Texas, even handwritten, non-notarized wills are taken into account if they can be proven to be valid and if the other alternative is complete "intestacy" (absence of a legal will). You definitely want to make sure she gets her wishes on paper and gets it witnessed and notarized or sells the house to you before she passes because, if there's ever a clan that's likely to fight over an estate, I'm guessing your family is probably it. If she dies intestate and the house and its contents have to go through probate court, it'll likely be divided up equally among whatever heirs she has (after court costs are taken out--another reason for her not to let that happen).