Tex. Estates Code § 355.062
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 355.062, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 355.062. CERTAIN ACTIONS ON CLAIMS WITH LOST OR DESTROYED EVIDENCE VOID.
Official statutory text
(a) Before a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is approved, the claim must be proved by disinterested testimony taken in open court or by oral or written deposition.
(b) The allowance or approval of a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is void if the claim is:
(1) allowed or approved without the affidavit under Section 355.006; or
(2) approved without satisfactory proof.
(b) The allowance or approval of a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is void if the claim is:
(1) allowed or approved without the affidavit under Section 355.006; or
(2) approved without satisfactory proof.
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