Texas Estates Code

§ 309.054 — APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL BY THE COURT

ES § 309.054Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 309. INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS · Art. B. REQUIREMENTS FOR INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS; AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS

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(a)On the filing of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims with the court clerk, the judge shall examine and approve or disapprove the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.

(b)If the judge approves the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, the judge shall enter an order to that effect.

(c)If the judge does not approve the inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, the judge:

(1)shall enter an order to that effect requiring the filing of another inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, whichever is not approved, within a period specified in the order not to exceed 20 days after the date the order is entered; and

(2)may, if considered necessary, appoint new appraisers.

Legislative history

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