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Tex. Estates Code § 454.001 Applicability; Determination of Death
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Sec. 454.001. APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH. (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 plac…
Tex. Estates Code § 454.002 Grant of Letters On Proof of Death
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Sec. 454.002. GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH. 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 cou…
Tex. Estates Code § 454.003 Citation and Search
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Sec. 454.003. CITATION AND SEARCH. (a) If the fact of a person's death must be proved by circumstantial evidence under Section 454.002, at the request of any interested person, the court may order that a citation be issued to the person presumed dead and that the citation be serv…
Tex. Estates Code § 454.004 Distribution of Estate
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Sec. 454.004. DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE. The personal representative of the estate of a person presumed dead may not distribute the estate to the persons entitled to the estate until the third anniversary of the date the court granted the letters under Section 454.002. Added by Acts…