Texas Estates Code

§ 355.054 — CONTEST OF CLAIM

ES § 355.054Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 355. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS · Art. B. ACTION ON CLAIMS

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(a)A person interested in an estate may, at any time before the court has acted on a claim, appear and object in writing to the approval of the claim or any part of the claim.

(b)If a person objects under Subsection (a):

(1)the parties are entitled to process for witnesses; and

(2)the court shall hear evidence and render judgment as in ordinary suits.

Legislative history

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