Tex. Estates Code § 452.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 452.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 452.052. ADDITIONAL POWERS REGARDING CLAIMS.
Official statutory text
(a) A court that grants temporary administration pending a will contest or a contest on an application for letters of administration may, at any time while the contest is pending, give the temporary administrator all the powers of a permanent administrator regarding claims against the estate.
(b) If the court gives the temporary administrator powers described by Subsection (a), the court and the temporary administrator shall act in the same manner as in permanent administration in matters such as:
(1) approving or disapproving claims;
(2) paying claims; and
(3) selling property to pay claims.
(c) The court shall require a temporary administrator given powers described by Subsection (a) to give bond in the full amount required of a permanent administrator.
(d) This section is cumulative and does not affect the court's right to order a temporary administrator to perform any action described by this section in other cases if the action is necessary or expedient to preserve the estate pending the contest's final determination.
(b) If the court gives the temporary administrator powers described by Subsection (a), the court and the temporary administrator shall act in the same manner as in permanent administration in matters such as:
(1) approving or disapproving claims;
(2) paying claims; and
(3) selling property to pay claims.
(c) The court shall require a temporary administrator given powers described by Subsection (a) to give bond in the full amount required of a permanent administrator.
(d) This section is cumulative and does not affect the court's right to order a temporary administrator to perform any action described by this section in other cases if the action is necessary or expedient to preserve the estate pending the contest's final determination.
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