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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 1157.063: SUIT ON REJECTED CLAIM.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES
  3. SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 1157. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. ACTION ON CLAIMS

(a) A claim or part of a claim that has been rejected by the guardian of the estate is barred unless not later than the 90th day after the date of rejection the claimant commences suit on the claim in the court of original probate jurisdiction in which the guardianship is pending or in any other court of proper jurisdiction.

(b) In a suit commenced on the rejected claim, the memorandum endorsed on or attached to the claim is taken to be true without further proof unless denied under oath.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:08Z. Source file · JSON

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