{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-360.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 360.001","heading":"GENERAL APPLICATION.","body":"(a) At any time after the first anniversary of the date original letters testamentary or of administration are granted, an executor, administrator, heir, or devisee of a decedent's estate, by written application filed in the court in which the estate is pending, may request the partition and distribution of the estate.\n(b) An application under Subsection (a) must state:\n(1) the decedent's name;\n(2) the name and residence of each person entitled to a share of the estate and whether the person is an adult or a minor;\n(3) if the applicant does not know a fact required by Subdivision (2); and\n(4) the reasons why the estate should be partitioned and distributed.\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 360. PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE","SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.360.htm#360.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"6e74920b237c550c7e4a6e2a0f4e39784955b028c517ef16d3fd1ceb043af450","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-359.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-360.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}