{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 361.002","heading":"IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR; DISCHARGE AND RELEASE.","body":"(a) If the necessity exists, the court may immediately accept the resignation of a personal representative and appoint a successor representative.\n(b) The court may not discharge a person whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued or judgment has been rendered on the final account required under Section 361.001.\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 361. DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSORS","SUBCHAPTER A. RESIGNATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.361.htm#361.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"577f28f6793d2a477447b11e39622cbeb32501794d5a94ec352ecc2257b1f872","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}