Tex. Estates Code § 454.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 454.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 454.002. GRANT OF LETTERS ON PROOF OF DEATH.
Official statutory text
On application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration for the estate of a person presumed to be dead, the court shall grant the letters if the death of the person is proved by circumstantial evidence to the court's satisfaction.
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