Tex. Estates Code § 402.001
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 402.001, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 402.001. GENERAL SCOPE AND EXERCISE OF POWERS.
Official statutory text
When an independent administration has been created, and the order appointing an independent executor has been entered by the probate court, and the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims has been filed by the independent executor and approved by the court or an affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims has been filed by the independent executor, as long as the estate is represented by an independent executor, further action of any nature may not be had in the probate court except where this title specifically and explicitly provides for some action in the court.
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