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Texas Probate Code - Section 407. Citation Upon Presentation Of Account For Final Settlement

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§ 407. CITATION UPON PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNT FOR FINAL 
SETTLEMENT.  Upon the filing of an account for final settlement by 
temporary or permanent personal representatives of the estates of 
decedents, citation shall contain a statement that such final 
account has been filed, the time and place when it will be 
considered by the court, and a statement requiring the person or 
persons cited to appear and contest the same if they see proper.  
Such citation shall be issued by the county clerk to the persons and 
in the manner set out below.
	1. In case of the estates of deceased persons, notice shall be 
given by the personal representative to each heir or beneficiary of 
the decedent by certified mail, return receipt requested, unless 
another type of notice is directed by the court by written order.  
The notice must include a copy of the account for final settlement.
	2. If the court deems further additional notice necessary, it 
shall require the same by written order.  In its discretion, the 
court may allow the waiver of notice of an account for final 
settlement in a proceeding concerning a decedent's estate.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956.  Amended by 
Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 641, ch. 294, § 1, eff. May 30, 1959;  
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1755, ch. 713, § 30, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4558, ch. 756, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, § 71, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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