{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 361.103","heading":"APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF EXISTENCE OF PRIOR RIGHT.","body":"If letters testamentary or of administration have been granted to a person and another person applies for letters, the court shall revoke the initial letters and grant letters to the second applicant if the second applicant:\n(1) is qualified;\n(2) has a prior right to the letters; and\n(3) has not waived the prior right to the letters.\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 C. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR REPRESENTATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.361.htm#361.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"45348a721c12f45b523595055d5b82136e719ac59d27788cc3fb9e5a97f12e54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-361.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}