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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 1157.105

  • 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
  • Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
    (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
    (2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
    (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

A claimant whose claim has not been paid may:
(1) petition the court for determination of the claim at any time before the claim is barred by an applicable statute of limitations; and
(2) procure on due proof an order for the claim’s allowance and payment from the estate.