Tex. Property Code § 71.006
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 71.006, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 71.006. REVIEW OF PROBATE DECREE.
Official statutory text
(a) If the state claims that an estate that has been administered in probate court in this state is subject to escheat, the state may have the judgment of the probate court reviewed by filing a petition in district court alleging that the administration of the estate was obtained by fraud or mistake of fact.
(b) The case shall be tried in accordance with the law for the revision and correction of a decree of the probate court.
(b) The case shall be tried in accordance with the law for the revision and correction of a decree of the probate court.
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