Tex. Estates Code § 551.103
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 551.103, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 551.103. ENFORCEMENT OF PAYMENT AND DAMAGES; RECOVERY ON BOND.
Official statutory text
(a) The comptroller may apply in the name of this state to the court that issued an order for the payment of funds of an estate under this chapter to enforce the payment of:
(1) funds the executor or administrator has failed to pay to the comptroller under the order; and
(2) any damages that have accrued under Section 551.102.
(b) The court shall enforce the payment under Subsection (a) in the manner prescribed for enforcement of other payment orders.
(c) In addition to the action under Subsection (a), the comptroller may bring an action in the name of this state against the executor or administrator and the sureties on the executor's or administrator's bond for the recovery of the funds ordered to be paid and any accrued damages.
(d) The county attorney or criminal district attorney for the county, the district attorney for the district, or the attorney general, at the election of the comptroller and with the approval of the attorney general, shall represent the comptroller in all proceedings under this section, and shall also represent the interests of this state in all other matters arising under this code.
(1) funds the executor or administrator has failed to pay to the comptroller under the order; and
(2) any damages that have accrued under Section 551.102.
(b) The court shall enforce the payment under Subsection (a) in the manner prescribed for enforcement of other payment orders.
(c) In addition to the action under Subsection (a), the comptroller may bring an action in the name of this state against the executor or administrator and the sureties on the executor's or administrator's bond for the recovery of the funds ordered to be paid and any accrued damages.
(d) The county attorney or criminal district attorney for the county, the district attorney for the district, or the attorney general, at the election of the comptroller and with the approval of the attorney general, shall represent the comptroller in all proceedings under this section, and shall also represent the interests of this state in all other matters arising under this code.
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