Sec. 360.051.  CITATION OF INTERESTED PERSONS.  (a)  On the filing of the application, the clerk shall issue a citation that:
(1)  states:
(A)  the decedent's name; and
(B)  the date the court will hear the application; and
(2)  requires all persons interested in the estate to appear and show cause why the estate should not be partitioned and distributed.
(b)  A citation under this section must be:
(1)  personally served on each person residing in the state who is entitled to a share of the estate and whose address is known; and
(2)  served by publication on any person entitled to a share of the estate:
(A)  whose identity or address is not known;
(B)  who is not a resident of this state; or
(C)  who is a resident of this state but is absent from this state.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.