Tex. Estates Code § 361.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 361.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 361.002. IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR; DISCHARGE AND RELEASE.
Official statutory text
(a) If the necessity exists, the court may immediately accept the resignation of a personal representative and appoint a successor representative.
(b) The court may not discharge a person whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued or judgment has been rendered on the final account required under Section 361.001.
(b) The court may not discharge a person whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued or judgment has been rendered on the final account required under Section 361.001.
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