Sec. 454.001. APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH. (a) This subchapter applies in a proceeding to probate a person's will or administer a person's estate if there is no direct evidence that the person is dead.
(b) The court has jurisdiction to determine the fact, time, and place of the person's death.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle J - Additional Matters Relating to the Administration of Certain Estates
Chapter 454 - Administration of Estate of Person Presumed Dead
Subchapter A. Estates of Persons Presumed Dead
Section 454.001. Applicability; Determination of Death
Section 454.002. Grant of Letters on Proof of Death