Tex. Estates Code § 33.053
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 33.053, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 33.053. PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.
Official statutory text
If probate proceedings involving the same estate are commenced in more than one county, each proceeding commenced in a county other than the county in which a proceeding was first commenced is stayed until the court in which the proceeding was first commenced makes a final determination of venue.
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