Tex. Estates Code § 455.011
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 455.011, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 455.011. WITHDRAWAL OF PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR AND APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
Official statutory text
(a) If a public probate administrator has taken any action under Section 455.008, 455.009, or 455.010 and a qualified person more entitled to serve as a personal representative under Section 304.001 comes forward or a will of a decedent is found naming an executor, the public probate administrator may surrender the administration of the estate and the assets of the estate to the person once the person has qualified under this title.
(b) Before surrendering the administration of the estate, the public probate administrator must file a verified affidavit that shows fully and in detail:
(1) the condition of the estate;
(2) the charges and claims that have been approved or established by suit or that have been rejected and may be established later;
(3) the amount of each claim that has been rejected and may be established later;
(4) the property of the estate in the administrator's possession; and
(5) any other facts that are necessary in determining the condition of the estate.
(c) The court may require any other filing from the public probate administrator that the court considers appropriate to fully show the condition of the estate before surrendering the estate under this section.
(b) Before surrendering the administration of the estate, the public probate administrator must file a verified affidavit that shows fully and in detail:
(1) the condition of the estate;
(2) the charges and claims that have been approved or established by suit or that have been rejected and may be established later;
(3) the amount of each claim that has been rejected and may be established later;
(4) the property of the estate in the administrator's possession; and
(5) any other facts that are necessary in determining the condition of the estate.
(c) The court may require any other filing from the public probate administrator that the court considers appropriate to fully show the condition of the estate before surrendering the estate under this section.
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