Texas Estates Code

§ 204.052 — ADVANCEMENT OF COSTS

ES § 204.052Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 204. GENETIC TESTING IN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP · Art. B. COURT ORDERS FOR GENETIC TESTING IN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP

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Subject to any assessment of costs following a proceeding to declare heirship in accordance with Rule 131, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the cost of genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 must be advanced:

(1)by a party to the proceeding who requests the testing;

(2)as agreed by the parties and approved by the court; or

(3)as ordered by the court.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.