Texas Estates Code
§ 202.151 — EVIDENCE IN PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP
ES § 202.151Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 202. DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP · Art. D. EVIDENCE RELATING TO DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP
Statute text
View on source(a)The court may require that any testimony admitted as evidence in a proceeding to declare heirship be reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by the witnesses, respectively.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), in a proceeding to declare heirship, testimony regarding a decedent's heirs and family history must be taken:
(1)from two disinterested and credible witnesses in open court;
(2)by deposition in accordance with Section 51.203;
(3)by a recorded statement of facts contained in:
(A)an affidavit or instrument that satisfies the requirements of Section 203.001; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.008, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 18, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2023.