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Chapter 451 - Order of No Administration
Section 451.001. Application for Family Allowance and Order of No Administration - Sec. 451.001. APPLICATION FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCE AND ORDER OF NO...
Section 451.002. Hearing and Order - Sec. 451.002. HEARING AND ORDER. (a) On the filing of...
Section 451.003. Effect of Order - Sec. 451.003. EFFECT OF ORDER. (a) An order of no...
Section 451.004. Proceeding to Revoke Order - Sec. 451.004. PROCEEDING TO REVOKE ORDER. (a) At any time,...
Chapter 452 - Temporary Administration of Estates
Subchapter A. Appointment of Temporary Administrator Generally
Section 452.001. Duty to Appoint Temporary Administrator - Sec. 452.001. DUTY TO APPOINT TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR. A judge who...
Section 452.002. Application for Appointment - Sec. 452.002. APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT. (a) A person may file...
Section 452.003. Order of Appointment; Requirements - Sec. 452.003. ORDER OF APPOINTMENT; REQUIREMENTS. The order appointing a...
Section 452.004. Temporary Administrator's Bond - Sec. 452.004. TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND. (a) In this section, "business...
Section 452.005. Issuance of Letters of Temporary Administration - Sec. 452.005. ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION. Not later...
Section 452.006. Notice of Appointment - Sec. 452.006. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. (a) On the date the...
Section 452.007. Hearing to Contest Appointment - Sec. 452.007. HEARING TO CONTEST APPOINTMENT. (a) A hearing shall...
Section 452.008. Permanent Appointment - Sec. 452.008. PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. At the end of a temporary...
Subchapter B. Temporary Administration Pending Contest of a Will or Administration
Section 452.051. Appointment of Temporary Administrator - Sec. 452.051. APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR. (a) If a contest...
Section 452.052. Additional Powers Regarding Claims - Sec. 452.052. ADDITIONAL POWERS REGARDING CLAIMS. (a) A court that...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Temporary Administrator
Section 452.101. Limited Powers of Temporary Administrator - Sec. 452.101. LIMITED POWERS OF TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR. (a) A temporary...
Section 452.102. Additional Bond for Extension of Rights and Powers - Sec. 452.102. ADDITIONAL BOND FOR EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND POWERS....
Subchapter D. Expiration and Closing of Temporary Administration
Section 452.151. Accounting - Sec. 452.151. ACCOUNTING. At the expiration of a temporary appointment,...
Section 452.152. Closing Temporary Administration - Sec. 452.152. CLOSING TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION. (a) The court shall act...
Chapter 453 - Administration of Community Property
Section 453.001. Effect of Chapter - Sec. 453.001. EFFECT OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not prohibit...
Section 453.002. Administration of Community Property Not Necessary - Sec. 453.002. ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY NOT NECESSARY. If a...
Section 453.003. General Powers of Surviving Spouse if No Administration Is Pending - Sec. 453.003. GENERAL POWERS OF SURVIVING SPOUSE IF NO ADMINISTRATION...
Section 453.004. Collection of Unpaid Wages if No Administration Is Pending - Sec. 453.004. COLLECTION OF UNPAID WAGES IF NO ADMINISTRATION IS...
Section 453.005. Remarriage of Surviving Spouse - Sec. 453.005. REMARRIAGE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE. The remarriage of a...
Section 453.006. Account of Community Debts and Disposition of Community Property - Sec. 453.006. ACCOUNT OF COMMUNITY DEBTS AND DISPOSITION OF COMMUNITY...
Section 453.007. Delivery of Community Estate on Final Partition - Sec. 453.007. DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY ESTATE ON FINAL PARTITION. On...
Section 453.008. Liability of Surviving Spouse for Loss - Sec. 453.008. LIABILITY OF SURVIVING SPOUSE FOR LOSS. A surviving...
Section 453.009. Distribution of Powers Between Personal Representative and Surviving Spouse - Sec. 453.009. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS BETWEEN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND SURVIVING...
Chapter 454 - Administration of Estate of Person Presumed Dead
Subchapter A. Estates of Persons Presumed Dead
Section 454.001. Applicability; Determination of Death - Sec. 454.001. APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH. (a) This subchapter applies...
Section 454.002. Grant of Letters on Proof of Death - Sec. 454.002. GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH. On...
Section 454.003. Citation and Search - Sec. 454.003. CITATION AND SEARCH. (a) If the fact of...
Section 454.004. Distribution of Estate - Sec. 454.004. DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE. The personal representative of the...
Subchapter B. Persons Presumed Dead but Subsequently
Section 454.051. Restoration of Estate - Sec. 454.051. RESTORATION OF ESTATE. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 454.052. Liability of Personal Representative and Others Acting Under Court Order; Bonds Not Voided - Sec. 454.052. LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS ACTING UNDER...
Chapter 455 - Public Probate Administrator
Section 455.001. Definition - Sec. 455.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "public probate administrator" means...
Section 455.002. Bond of Public Probate Administrator - Sec. 455.002. BOND OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The public...
Section 455.003. Funding of Public Probate Administrator's Office - Sec. 455.003. FUNDING OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. A public...
Section 455.004. Powers and Duties - Sec. 455.004. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) On receipt of notice...
Section 455.005. Informing Public Probate Administrator - Sec. 455.005. INFORMING PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR. (a) If a public...
Section 455.006. Public Probate Administrator's Initiation of Administration - Sec. 455.006. PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) The...
Section 455.007. Access to Information - Sec. 455.007. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. (a) A public probate administrator...
Section 455.008. Small Estates - Sec. 455.008. SMALL ESTATES. (a) If gross assets of an...
Section 455.009. Small Estate Affidavit - Sec. 455.009. SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT. (a) If gross assets of...
Section 455.010. Grant of Administration - Sec. 455.010. GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) A public probate administrator...
Section 455.011. Withdrawal of Public Probate Administrator and Appointment of Successor - Sec. 455.011. WITHDRAWAL OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR AND APPOINTMENT OF...
Section 455.012. Deposit of Funds in Court Registry - Sec. 455.012. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS IN COURT REGISTRY. The public...
Chapter 456 - Disbursement and Closing of Lawyer Trust or Escrow Accounts
Section 456.001. Definition - Sec. 456.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "eligible institution" means a...
Section 456.002. Authority to Designate Lawyer on Certain Trust or Escrow Accounts - Sec. 456.002. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LAWYER ON CERTAIN TRUST OR...
Section 456.003. Duty of Eligible Institutions - Sec. 456.003. DUTY OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS. Not later than the...
Section 456.004. Liability of Eligible Institutions - Sec. 456.004. LIABILITY OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS. An eligible institution is...
Section 456.0045. Private Cause of Action - Sec. 456.0045. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) If an eligible...
Section 456.005. Rules - Sec. 456.005. RULES. The supreme court may adopt rules regarding...