Texas Estates Code 202.008 – Required Parties to Proceeding to Declare Heirship
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 202.008
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Heir: means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate. See Texas Estates Code 22.015
- Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
Each of the following persons must be made a party to a proceeding to declare heirship:
(1) each unknown heir of the decedent who is the subject of the proceeding;
(2) each person who is named as an heir of the decedent in the application filed under § 202.005; and
(3) each person who is, on the filing date of the application, shown as owning a share or interest in any real property described in the application by the deed records of the county in which the property is located.