Tex. Est. Code § 1154.103 · Subchapter C. CHANGES TO INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS
CORRECTION OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, OR LIST OF CLAIMS FOR ERRONEOUS OR UNJUST ITEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person interested in an estate who considers an inventory, appraisement, or list of claims filed by the guardian of the estate to be erroneous or unjust in any particular form may:
(1) file a written complaint setting forth the alleged erroneous or unjust item; and
(2) have the guardian cited to appear before the court and show cause why the item should not be corrected.
(b) On the hearing of the complaint, if the court is satisfied from the evidence that the inventory, appraisement, or list of claims is erroneous or unjust as alleged in the complaint, the court shall enter an order:
(1) specifying the erroneous or unjust item and the corrections to be made; and
(2) appointing an appraiser to make a new appraisement correcting the erroneous or unjust item and requiring the filing of the new appraisement not later than the 20th day after the date of the order.
(c) The court, on the court's own motion or a motion of the guardian of the estate, may also have a new appraisement made for the purposes described by this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1154.htm
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