Tex. Estates Code § 309.054
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 309.054, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 309.054. APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL BY THE COURT.
Official statutory text
(a) On the filing of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims with the court clerk, the judge shall examine and approve or disapprove the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.
(b) If the judge approves the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, the judge shall enter an order to that effect.
(c) If the judge does not approve the inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, the judge:
(1) shall enter an order to that effect requiring the filing of another inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, whichever is not approved, within a period specified in the order not to exceed 20 days after the date the order is entered; and
(2) may, if considered necessary, appoint new appraisers.
(b) If the judge approves the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, the judge shall enter an order to that effect.
(c) If the judge does not approve the inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, the judge:
(1) shall enter an order to that effect requiring the filing of another inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, whichever is not approved, within a period specified in the order not to exceed 20 days after the date the order is entered; and
(2) may, if considered necessary, appoint new appraisers.
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