Texas Estates Code

§ 360.001 — GENERAL APPLICATION

ES § 360.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 360. PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE · Art. A. APPLICATION FOR PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION

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(a)At any time after the first anniversary of the date original letters testamentary or of administration are granted, an executor, administrator, heir, or devisee of a decedent's estate, by written application filed in the court in which the estate is pending, may request the partition and distribution of the estate.

(b)An application under Subsection (a) must state:

(1)the decedent's name;

(2)the name and residence of each person entitled to a share of the estate and whether the person is an adult or a minor;

(3)if the applicant does not know a fact required by Subdivision (2); and

(4)the reasons why the estate should be partitioned and distributed.

Legislative history

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