Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle B - Procedural Matters

Section 51.101. Requirements for Return on Citation or Notice Served by Personal Service - Sec. 51.101. REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED...

Section 51.102. Validity of Service and Return on Citation or Notice Served by Posting - Sec. 51.102. VALIDITY OF SERVICE AND RETURN ON CITATION OR...

Section 51.103. Proof of Service - Sec. 51.103. PROOF OF SERVICE. (a) Proof of service in...

Section 51.104. Return to Court - Sec. 51.104. RETURN TO COURT. A citation or notice issued...

Subchapter D. Alternative Manner of Issuance, Service, and Return

Section 51.151. Court-Ordered Issuance, Service, and Return Under Certain Circumstances - Sec. 51.151. COURT-ORDERED ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES....

Subchapter E. Additional Notice Provisions

Section 51.201. Waiver of Notice of Hearing - Sec. 51.201. WAIVER OF NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) A legally...

Section 51.202. Request for Notice of Filing of Pleading - Sec. 51.202. REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF FILING OF PLEADING. (a)...

Section 51.203. Service of Notice of Intention to Take Depositions in Certain Matters - Sec. 51.203. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS...

Chapter 52 - Filing and Recordkeeping

Subchapter A. Recordkeeping Requirements

Section 52.001. Probate Docket - Sec. 52.001. PROBATE DOCKET. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 52.002. Claim Docket - Sec. 52.002. CLAIM DOCKET. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 52.003. Probate Fee Book - Sec. 52.003. PROBATE FEE BOOK. (a) The county clerk shall...

Section 52.004. Alternate Recordkeeping - Sec. 52.004. ALTERNATE RECORDKEEPING. Instead of maintaining the record books...

Subchapter B. Files; Index

Section 52.051. Filing Procedures - Sec. 52.051. FILING PROCEDURES. (a) An application for a probate...

Section 52.052. Case Files - Sec. 52.052. CASE FILES. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 52.053. Index - Sec. 52.053. INDEX. (a) The county clerk shall properly index...

Chapter 53 - Other Court Duties and Procedures

Subchapter A. Enforcement of Orders

Section 53.001. Enforcement of Judge's Orders - Sec. 53.001. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGE'S ORDERS. A judge may enforce...

Subchapter B. Costs and Security

Section 53.051. Applicability of Certain Laws - Sec. 53.051. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. A law regulating costs...

Section 53.052. Security for Certain Costs - Sec. 53.052. SECURITY FOR CERTAIN COSTS. (a) The clerk may...

Section 53.053. Exemption From Probate Fees for Estates of Certain Military Servicemembers - Sec. 53.053. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF CERTAIN...

Section 53.054. Exemption From Probate Fees for Estates of Certain Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Others - Sec. 53.054. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF CERTAIN...

Subchapter C. Procedures for Probate Matters

Section 53.101. Calling of Dockets - Sec. 53.101. CALLING OF DOCKETS. The judge in whose court...

Section 53.102. Setting of Certain Hearings by Clerk - Sec. 53.102. SETTING OF CERTAIN HEARINGS BY CLERK. (a) If...

Section 53.103. Rendering of Decisions, Orders, Decrees, and Judgments - Sec. 53.103. RENDERING OF DECISIONS, ORDERS, DECREES, AND JUDGMENTS. The...

Section 53.104. Appointment of Attorneys Ad Litem - Sec. 53.104. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS AD LITEM. (a) Except as...

Section 53.106. Executions in Probate Matters - Sec. 53.106. EXECUTIONS IN PROBATE MATTERS. (a) An execution in...

Section 53.107. Inapplicability of Certain Rules of Civil Procedure - Sec. 53.107. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. The...

Chapter 54 - Pleadings and Evidence in General

Subchapter A. Pleadings

Section 54.001. Effect of Filing or Contesting Pleading - Sec. 54.001. EFFECT OF FILING OR CONTESTING PLEADING. (a) The...

Section 54.002. Defect in Pleading - Sec. 54.002. DEFECT IN PLEADING. A court may not invalidate...

Subchapter B. Evidence

Section 54.051. Applicability of Certain Rules Relating to Witnesses and Evidence - Sec. 54.051. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO WITNESSES AND...

Section 54.052. Use of Certain Records as Evidence - Sec. 54.052. USE OF CERTAIN RECORDS AS EVIDENCE. The following...

Chapter 55 - Complaints and Contests

Subchapter A. Contest of Proceedings in Probate Court

Section 55.001. Opposition in Probate Proceeding - Sec. 55.001. OPPOSITION IN PROBATE PROCEEDING. A person interested in...

Section 55.002. Trial by Jury - Sec. 55.002. TRIAL BY JURY. In a contested probate or...

Subchapter B. Institution of Higher Education or Charitable Organization as Party to Certain Actions

Section 55.051. Definition - Sec. 55.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "institution of higher education"...

Section 55.052. Necessary Party - Sec. 55.052. NECESSARY PARTY. An institution of higher education, a...

Section 55.053. Service of Process - Sec. 55.053. SERVICE OF PROCESS. (a) For a will contest,...

Subchapter C. Mental Capacity of Decedent

Section 55.101. Entitlement to Production of Communications and Records - Sec. 55.101. ENTITLEMENT TO PRODUCTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS. Notwithstanding...

Section 55.102. Release of Records - Sec. 55.102. RELEASE OF RECORDS. On receipt of a subpoena...

Subchapter D. Attachment of Estate Property

Section 55.151. Order for Issuance of Writ of Attachment - Sec. 55.151. ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF ATTACHMENT. (a)...

Section 55.152. Bond - Sec. 55.152. BOND. Before a writ of attachment ordered under...

Subchapter E. Specific Performance of Agreement to Transfer Title

Section 55.201. Complaint and Citation - Sec. 55.201. COMPLAINT AND CITATION. (a) If a person sold...

Section 55.202. Hearing and Order - Sec. 55.202. HEARING AND ORDER. (a) After service of the...

Section 55.203. Conveyance - Sec. 55.203. CONVEYANCE. (a) A conveyance made under this subchapter...

Subchapter F. Bill of Review

Section 55.251. Revision and Correction of Order or Judgment in Probate Proceeding - Sec. 55.251. REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN...

Section 55.252. Injunction - Sec. 55.252. INJUNCTION. A process or action under a court...

Chapter 56 - Change and Resignation of Resident Agent of Personal Representative for Service of Process

Section 56.001. Change of Resident Agent - Sec. 56.001. CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT. (a) A personal representative...

Section 56.002. Resignation of Resident Agent - Sec. 56.002. RESIGNATION OF RESIDENT AGENT. (a) A resident agent...

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Texas Statutes Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney Subtitle B - Procedural Matters

Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle B - Procedural Matters