Tex. Estates Code § 202.056
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 202.056, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 202.056. WAIVER OF SERVICE OF CITATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A distributee who is 16 years of age or older may waive citation required by this subchapter to be served on the distributee.
(b) A parent, managing conservator, guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem of a distributee who is younger than 16 years of age may waive citation required by this subchapter to be served on the distributee.
(b) A parent, managing conservator, guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem of a distributee who is younger than 16 years of age may waive citation required by this subchapter to be served on the distributee.
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