Tex. Estates Code § 1157.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1157.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1157.052. FAILURE TO ENDORSE OR ATTACH MEMORANDUM OR ALLOW OR REJECT CLAIM.
Official statutory text
The failure of a guardian of the estate to endorse on or attach to a claim presented to the guardian the memorandum required by Section 1157.051 or, not later than the 30th day after the date a claim is presented, to allow or reject the claim or portion of the claim constitutes a rejection of the claim. If the claim is later established by suit:
(1) the costs shall be taxed against the guardian, individually; or
(2) the guardian may be removed as in other cases of removal on the written complaint of any person interested in the claim after personal service of citation, hearing, and proof.
(1) the costs shall be taxed against the guardian, individually; or
(2) the guardian may be removed as in other cases of removal on the written complaint of any person interested in the claim after personal service of citation, hearing, and proof.
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