Tex. Estates Code § 361.053
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 361.053, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 361.053. REMOVAL ORDER.
Official statutory text
An order removing a personal representative must:
(1) state the cause of the removal;
(2) require that, if the removed representative has been personally served with citation, any letters testamentary or of administration issued to the removed representative be surrendered, and that, regardless of whether the letters have been delivered, all the letters be canceled of record; and
(3) require the removed representative to deliver any estate property in the representative's possession to the persons entitled to the property or to the person who has been appointed and has qualified as successor representative.
(1) state the cause of the removal;
(2) require that, if the removed representative has been personally served with citation, any letters testamentary or of administration issued to the removed representative be surrendered, and that, regardless of whether the letters have been delivered, all the letters be canceled of record; and
(3) require the removed representative to deliver any estate property in the representative's possession to the persons entitled to the property or to the person who has been appointed and has qualified as successor representative.
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