Texas Estates Code

§ 31.002 — MATTERS RELATED TO PROBATE PROCEEDING

ES § 31.002Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part A. SCOPE, JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND COURTS · Ch. 31. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is no statutory probate court or county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:

(1)an action against a personal representative or former personal representative arising out of the representative's performance of the duties of a personal representative;

(2)an action against a surety of a personal representative or former personal representative;

(3)a claim brought by a personal representative on behalf of an estate;

(4)an action brought against a personal representative in the representative's capacity as personal representative;

(5)an action for trial of title to real property that is estate property, including the enforcement of a lien against the property; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.