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Texas Probate Code - Section 5B. Transfer Of Proceeding

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§ 5B. TRANSFER OF PROCEEDING.  (a) A judge of a statutory 
probate court, on the motion of a party to the action or on the 
motion of a person interested in an estate, may transfer to his 
court from a district, county, or statutory court a cause of action 
appertaining to or incident to an estate pending in the statutory 
probate court or a cause of action in which a personal 
representative of an estate pending in the statutory probate court 
is a party and may consolidate the transferred cause of action with 
the other proceedings in the statutory probate court relating to 
that estate.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
the proper venue for an action by or against a personal 
representative for personal injury, death, or property damages is 
determined under Section 15.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5228, ch. 958, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1983.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1431, § 1, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, § 3.06, eff. Sept. 
1, 2003.

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