Texas Estates Code

§ 454.002 — GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH

ES § 454.002Title 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

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On application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration for the estate of a person presumed to be dead, the court shall grant the letters if the death of the person is proved by circumstantial evidence to the court's satisfaction.

Legislative history

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