Tex. Estates Code § 451.004
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 451.004, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 451.004. PROCEEDING TO REVOKE ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) At any time, but not later than the first anniversary of the date of entry of an order of no administration under Section 451.002(b), any interested person may file an application to revoke the order.
(b) An application to revoke the order must allege that:
(1) other estate property has been discovered, property belonging to the estate was not included in the application for no administration, or the property described in the application for no administration was incorrectly valued; and
(2) if that property were added, included, or correctly valued, as applicable, the total value of the property would exceed the amount necessary to justify the court in ordering no administration.
(c) The court shall revoke the order on proof of any of the grounds described by Subsection (b).
(d) If the value of any property is contested, the court may appoint two appraisers to appraise the property in accordance with the procedure prescribed for inventories and appraisements under Chapter 309. The appraisement of the appointed appraisers shall be received in evidence but is not conclusive.
(b) An application to revoke the order must allege that:
(1) other estate property has been discovered, property belonging to the estate was not included in the application for no administration, or the property described in the application for no administration was incorrectly valued; and
(2) if that property were added, included, or correctly valued, as applicable, the total value of the property would exceed the amount necessary to justify the court in ordering no administration.
(c) The court shall revoke the order on proof of any of the grounds described by Subsection (b).
(d) If the value of any property is contested, the court may appoint two appraisers to appraise the property in accordance with the procedure prescribed for inventories and appraisements under Chapter 309. The appraisement of the appointed appraisers shall be received in evidence but is not conclusive.
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