Texas Estates Code 505.103 – Restriction On Suit Brought by Foreign Executor or Administrator
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 505.103
- 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.
- 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
A suit may not be maintained in this state by a foreign executor or administrator for a decedent‘s estate under this subchapter if there is:
(1) an executor or administrator of the decedent’s estate qualified by a court of this state; or
(2) a pending application in this state for the appointment of an executor or administrator of the decedent’s estate.