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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 356.552

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • personal representative: include :
    (1) an executor and independent executor;
    (2) an administrator, independent administrator, and temporary administrator; and
    (3) a successor to an executor or administrator listed in Subdivision (1) or (2). See Texas Estates Code 22.031

After the expiration of five days from the date a report is filed under § 356.551, the court shall:
(1) inquire into the manner in which the auction or contract described in the report was made;
(2) hear evidence in support of or against the report; and
(3) determine the sufficiency or insufficiency of the personal representative‘s general bond, if any has been required and given.