Sec. 33.103. TRANSFER FOR CONVENIENCE. (a) The court may order that a probate proceeding be transferred to the proper court in another county in this state if it appears to the court at any time before the proceeding is concluded that the transfer would be in the best interest of:
(1) the estate; or
(2) if there is no administration of the estate, the decedent's heirs or beneficiaries under the decedent's will.
(b) The clerk of the court from which the probate proceeding described by Subsection (a) is transferred shall transmit to the court to which the proceeding is transferred:
(1) the original file in the proceeding; and
(2) a certified copy of the index.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014.
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