Texas Estates Code

§ 1157.064 — PRESENTMENT OF CLAIM PREREQUISITE FOR JUDGMENT

ES § 1157.064Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP · Ch. 1157. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS · Art. B. ACTION ON CLAIMS

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a judgment may not be rendered in favor of a claimant on a claim for money that has not been:

(1)legally presented to the guardian of the estate of the ward; and

(2)wholly or partly rejected by the guardian or the court.

(b)Subsection (a) does not apply to a claim against the estate of a ward for delinquent ad valorem taxes that is being administered in probate in a county other than the county in which the taxes were imposed.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.