{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-54.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 54.001","heading":"EFFECT OF FILING OR CONTESTING PLEADING.","body":"(a) The filing or contesting in probate court of a pleading relating to a decedent's estate does not constitute tortious interference with inheritance of the estate.\n(b) This section does not abrogate any right of a person under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or Chapter 10, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 54. PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER A. PLEADINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.54.htm#54.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"569da8f48bef4d8cd240bf22197cc21b4aff54a353e313095d7b516839e89653","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-53.107","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-54.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}