Tex. Estates Code § 360.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 360.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 360.002. APPLICATION FOR PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION.
Official statutory text
(a) At any time after original letters testamentary or of administration are granted and the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims are filed and approved, an executor, administrator, heir, or devisee of a decedent's estate, by written application filed in the court in which the estate is pending, may request a distribution of any portion of the estate.
(b) All interested parties, including known creditors, must be personally cited as in other distributions.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the court, on proper citation and hearing, may distribute any portion of the estate the court considers advisable.
(d) If a distribution is to be made to one or more heirs or devisees, but not to all heirs or devisees, the court shall require a refunding bond in an amount determined by the court to be filed with the court, unless a written waiver of the bond requirement is filed with the court by all interested parties. On approving the bond, if required, the court shall order the distribution of the relevant portion of the estate.
(e) This section applies to corpus as well as income, notwithstanding any other provision of this title.
(b) All interested parties, including known creditors, must be personally cited as in other distributions.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the court, on proper citation and hearing, may distribute any portion of the estate the court considers advisable.
(d) If a distribution is to be made to one or more heirs or devisees, but not to all heirs or devisees, the court shall require a refunding bond in an amount determined by the court to be filed with the court, unless a written waiver of the bond requirement is filed with the court by all interested parties. On approving the bond, if required, the court shall order the distribution of the relevant portion of the estate.
(e) This section applies to corpus as well as income, notwithstanding any other provision of this title.
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