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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 204.052

  • 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
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Subject to any assessment of costs following a proceeding to declare heirship in accordance with Rule 131, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the cost of genetic testing ordered under Section 204.051 must be advanced:
(1) by a party to the proceeding who requests the testing;
(2) as agreed by the parties and approved by the court; or
(3) as ordered by the court.