Tex. Estates Code § 454.052
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 454.052, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 454.052. LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER; BONDS NOT VOIDED.
Official statutory text
(a) Anyone, including a personal representative, who delivered to another the estate or any part of the estate of a person who was proved by circumstantial evidence to be dead under Section 454.002 and who, in a subsequent action, is proved by direct evidence to have been living at any time after the date the court granted the letters testamentary or of administration under that section is not liable for any part of the estate delivered in accordance with the court's order.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the bond of a personal representative of the estate of a person described by Subsection (a) is not void in any event.
(c) A surety is not liable for any act of the personal representative that was done in compliance with or approved by the court's order.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the bond of a personal representative of the estate of a person described by Subsection (a) is not void in any event.
(c) A surety is not liable for any act of the personal representative that was done in compliance with or approved by the court's order.
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