Texas Estates Code

§ 305.256 — REQUEST BY SURETY FOR NEW BOND

ES § 305.256Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 305. QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES · Art. F. NEW BONDS

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(a)A surety on a bond may at any time file with the clerk a petition requesting that the court in which the proceedings are pending:

(1)require the personal representative to give a new bond; and

(2)discharge the petitioner from all liability for the future acts of the representative.

(b)On the filing of a petition under Subsection (a), the personal representative shall be cited to appear and give a new bond.

Legislative history

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