{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1157.054","heading":"CONTEST OF CLAIM.","body":"(a) A person interested in a ward may, at any time before the court has acted on a claim, appear and object in writing to the approval of the claim or any part of the claim.\n(b) If a person objects under Subsection (a):\n(1) the parties are entitled to process for witnesses; and\n(2) the court shall hear evidence and render judgment as in ordinary suits.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1157. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER B. ACTION ON CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1157.htm#1157.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"11884a50a6e6472bf4ddb4adf317ca4853a4b81832298de8bcba386d3c359c08","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1157.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}