{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-355.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 355.054","heading":"CONTEST OF CLAIM.","body":"(a) A person interested in an estate 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 355. PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER B. ACTION ON CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.355.htm#355.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"8ecdc08c7174eef6d52d8f9a82c74f25c9dec34179e617a71bb2be2770f5cf15","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-355.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-355.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}