Sec. 454.001. APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF DEATH. (a) This subchapter applies in a proceeding to probate a person's will or administer a person's estate if there is no direct evidence that the person is dead.
(b) The court has jurisdiction to determine the fact, time, and place of the person's death.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Section: 454.001 454.002 454.003 454.004 454.051 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016