Sec. 504.051. NOTICE OF WILL CONTEST IN FOREIGN JURISDICTION. Verified notice that a proceeding to contest a will probated or established in a foreign jurisdiction has been commenced in that jurisdiction may be filed and recorded in the judge's probate docket of the court in this state in which the foreign will was probated, or in the deed records of any county of this state in which the foreign will was recorded, within the time limits for the contest of a foreign will in this state.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.020, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle K - Foreign Wills, Other Testamentary Instruments, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 504 - Contest of or Other Challenge to Foreign Testamentary Instrument
Subchapter B. Contest or Final Rejection in Foreign Jurisdiction
Section 504.051. Notice of Will Contest in Foreign Jurisdiction
Section 504.052. Effect of Notice
Section 504.053. Effect of Rejection of Testamentary Instrument by Foreign Jurisdiction