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Texas Estates Code - EST § 301.201. Method of Preventing Administration Requested by Creditor

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) If a creditor files an application for letters of administration of an estate, another interested person who does not desire the administration can defeat the application by:

(1) paying the creditor's claim;

(2) proving to the court's satisfaction that the creditor's claim is fictitious, fraudulent, illegal, or barred by limitation;  or

(3) executing a bond that is:

(A) payable to, and to be approved by, the judge in an amount that is twice the amount of the creditor's claim;  and

(B) conditioned on the obligors paying the claim on the establishment of the claim by suit in any court in the county having jurisdiction of the amount.

(b) A bond executed and approved under Subsection (a)(3) must be filed with the county clerk.

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