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An order of the Travis County Probate Court requiring citation by posting for Small Estate Affidavits before the Court acts on them.
Applies to Small Estate Affidavits filed in the Travis County Probate Court. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
C-1-PB-23-000001 Administrative Order 2023-9 § In the Probate Court Number Two, Travis County, Texas Order Requiring Citation by Posting for Small Estate Affidavits On this the 2nd day of October 2023, the Court finds that there is need for an administrative order regarding notice to all parties interested in an estate when an affidavit is filed for Collection of Small Estates Upon Affidavit under Texas Estates Code § 205. Although the Estates Code does not expressly provide for citation in these cases, § 51.001(b) of the Estates Code provides that the Court may, in its discretion, require that notice be given and may prescribe the form and manner of service and return thereof. The Court finds that creditors and other interested parties should have an opportunity for notice when an affidavit is filed for Collection of Small Estates Upon Affidavit. It is therefore ORDERED that upon the filing of an affidavit for Collection of Small Estates Upon Affidavit under Texas Estates Code § 205, the Clerk shall require citation to all parties interested in the estate by posting under § 51.053 of the Texas Estates Code. Signed this 2nd day of October 2023. [signature] Nicholas Chu, Judge Presiding [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, 2023 OCT -2 PM 2:58, DYANA LIMON-MERCADO, COUNTY CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS]
C-1-PB-23-000001 Administrative Order 2023-9 § In the Probate Court Number Two, Travis County, Texas Order Requiring Citation by Posting for Small Estate Affidavits On this the 2nd day of October 2023, the Court finds that there is need for an administrative order regarding notice to all parties interested in an estate when an affidavit is filed for Collection of Small Estates Upon Affidavit under
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan at a summary level, faithful to the order's title and the identical Guadalupe order (doc 2558). Bound to Travis County (probate). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 9d3f653bf0bb..., 1 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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