Tex. Est. Code § 404.0037 · Chapter 404. ACCOUNTINGS, SUCCESSORS, AND OTHER REMEDIES
COSTS AND EXPENSES RELATED TO REMOVAL OF INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An independent executor who defends an action for the independent executor's removal in good faith, whether successful or not, shall be allowed out of the estate the independent executor's necessary expenses and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, in the removal proceedings.
(b) Costs and expenses incurred by the party seeking removal that are incident to removal of an independent executor appointed without bond, including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses, may be paid out of the estate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 56, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.404.htm
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