Texas Estates Code 152.001 – Application Authorized
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a person qualified to serve as an administrator under § 304.001 may file an application requesting emergency intervention by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to provide for:
(1) the payment or reimbursement of the decedent‘s funeral and burial expenses; or
(2) the protection and storage of personal property owned by the decedent that, on the date of the decedent’s death, was located in accommodations rented by the decedent.
(b) An applicant may file an application under this section only if:
(1) an application or affidavit has not been filed and is not pending under § 256.052, 256.054, or 301.052 or Chapter 205 or 401; and
(2) the applicant needs to:
(A) obtain funds for the payment or reimbursement of the decedent’s funeral and burial expenses; or
(B) gain access to accommodations rented by the decedent that contain the decedent’s personal property and the applicant has been denied access to those accommodations.
Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 152.001
- 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 - Decedent: A deceased person.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes an interest in:
(1) goods;
(2) money;
(3) a chose in action;
(4) an evidence of debt; and
(5) a real chattel. See Texas Estates Code 22.028 - Probate: Proving a will