Texas Estates Code 352.004 – Denial of Compensation
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 352.004
- 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 - Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- 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
The court may, on application of an interested person or on the court’s own motion, wholly or partly deny a commission allowed by this subchapter if:
(1) the court finds that the executor or administrator has not taken care of and managed estate property prudently; or
(2) the executor or administrator has been removed under Section 404.003 or Subchapter B, Chapter 361.