Tex. Estates Code § 355.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 355.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 355.052. FAILURE TO TIMELY ALLOW OR REJECT CLAIM.
Official statutory text
The failure of a personal representative to timely allow or reject a claim under Section 355.051 constitutes a rejection of the claim. If the claim is established by suit after that rejection:
(1) the costs shall be taxed against the representative, individually; or
(2) the representative may be removed on the written complaint of any person interested in the claim after personal service of citation, hearing, and proof, as in other cases of removal.
(1) the costs shall be taxed against the representative, individually; or
(2) the representative may be removed on the written complaint of any person interested in the claim after personal service of citation, hearing, and proof, as in other cases of removal.
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