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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 361.101

  • Court: means and includes:
    (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
    (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
    (3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. See Texas Estates Code 22.007
  • Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this title, the court may revoke letters testamentary or of administration and grant other letters only:
(1) on application; and
(2) after personal service of citation on the person, if living, whose letters are sought to be revoked, requiring the person to appear and show cause why the application should not be granted.