Texas Estates Code
§ 454.001 — APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH
ES § 454.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part J. ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES · Ch. 454. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE OF PERSON PRESUMED DEAD · Art. A. ESTATES OF PERSONS PRESUMED DEAD
Statute text
View on source(a)This subchapter applies in a proceeding to probate a person's will or administer a person's estate if there is no direct evidence that the person is dead.
(b)The court has jurisdiction to determine the fact, time, and place of the person's death.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.