Tex. Estates Code § 33.103
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 33.103, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 33.103. TRANSFER FOR CONVENIENCE.
Official statutory text
(a) The court may order that a probate proceeding be transferred to the proper court in another county in this state if it appears to the court at any time before the proceeding is concluded that the transfer would be in the best interest of:
(1) the estate; or
(2) if there is no administration of the estate, the decedent's heirs or beneficiaries under the decedent's will.
(b) The clerk of the court from which the probate proceeding described by Subsection (a) is transferred shall transmit the file for the proceeding in accordance with the procedures provided by Section 33.105 to the court to which the proceeding is transferred.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.011, and Ch. 256 (H.B. 1612), Sec. 27(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2023.
(1) the estate; or
(2) if there is no administration of the estate, the decedent's heirs or beneficiaries under the decedent's will.
(b) The clerk of the court from which the probate proceeding described by Subsection (a) is transferred shall transmit the file for the proceeding in accordance with the procedures provided by Section 33.105 to the court to which the proceeding is transferred.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.011, and Ch. 256 (H.B. 1612), Sec. 27(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2023.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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