Tex. Estates Code § 301.101
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 301.101, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 301.101. OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Official statutory text
An interested person may, at any time before an application for letters of administration is granted, file an opposition to the application in writing and may apply for the grant of letters to the interested person or any other person. On the trial, the court, considering the applicable provisions of this code, shall grant letters to the person that seems best entitled to the letters without notice other than the notice given on the original application.
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