Tex. Est. Code § 360.155 · Subchapter D. PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION IF ESTATE PROPERTY IS CAPABLE OF DIVISION
COURT ACTION ON COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the return of a commissioners' report under Section 360.154, the court shall:
(1) examine the report carefully; and
(2) hear:
(A) all exceptions and objections to the report; and
(B) all evidence in favor of or against the report.
(b) If the report is informal, the court shall have the informality corrected.
(c) If the division appears to have been fairly made according to law and no valid exceptions are taken to the division, the court shall approve the division and enter a decree vesting title in the distributees of the distributees' respective shares or portions of the property as set apart to the distributees by the commissioners.
(d) If the division does not appear to have been fairly made according to law or a valid exception is taken to the division, the court may:
(1) set aside the report and division; and
(2) order a new partition to be made.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.360.htm
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