Tex. Estates Code § 1253.101
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1253.101, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1253.101. DELAY OF CERTAIN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
A court in which a guardianship proceeding is filed and in which venue of the proceeding is proper may delay further action in the proceeding in that court if:
(1) another guardianship proceeding involving a matter at issue in the proceeding filed in the court is subsequently filed in a court in a foreign jurisdiction; and
(2) venue of the proceeding in the foreign court is proper.
(1) another guardianship proceeding involving a matter at issue in the proceeding filed in the court is subsequently filed in a court in a foreign jurisdiction; and
(2) venue of the proceeding in the foreign court is proper.
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