Tex. Estates Code § 1354.008
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1354.008, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1354.008. DISCHARGE OF RECEIVER.
Official statutory text
(a) If, on hearing the receiver's report and account, the judge is satisfied that the danger of injury, loss, or waste to the estate has abated and that the report and account are correct, the judge shall:
(1) enter an order finding that the danger of injury, loss, or waste to the estate has abated; and
(2) direct the receiver to deliver the estate to:
(A) the person from whom the receiver took possession as receiver;
(B) the person who has custody of the incapacitated person; or
(C) another person the judge finds is entitled to possession of the estate.
(b) A person who receives the estate under Subsection (a) shall execute and file with the clerk an appropriate receipt for the estate that is delivered to the person.
(c) The judge's order shall discharge the receivership and the sureties on the receiver's bond.
(d) If the judge is not satisfied that the danger has abated, or is not satisfied with the receiver's report and account, the judge shall enter an order continuing the receivership in effect until the judge is satisfied that the danger has abated or is satisfied with the report and account.
(1) enter an order finding that the danger of injury, loss, or waste to the estate has abated; and
(2) direct the receiver to deliver the estate to:
(A) the person from whom the receiver took possession as receiver;
(B) the person who has custody of the incapacitated person; or
(C) another person the judge finds is entitled to possession of the estate.
(b) A person who receives the estate under Subsection (a) shall execute and file with the clerk an appropriate receipt for the estate that is delivered to the person.
(c) The judge's order shall discharge the receivership and the sureties on the receiver's bond.
(d) If the judge is not satisfied that the danger has abated, or is not satisfied with the receiver's report and account, the judge shall enter an order continuing the receivership in effect until the judge is satisfied that the danger has abated or is satisfied with the report and account.
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