Texas Estates Code

§ 304.001 — ORDER OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

ES § 304.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 304. PERSONS WHO MAY SERVE AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

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(a)The court shall grant letters testamentary or of administration to persons qualified to act, in the following order:

(1)the person named as executor in the decedent's will; (1-a) the person designated as administrator as authorized under Section 254.006;

(2)the decedent's surviving spouse;

(3)the principal devisee of the decedent;

(4)any devisee of the decedent;

(5)the next of kin of the decedent;

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 1755), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 35, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2019.