Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 33 - Venue

SUBCHAPTER A VENUE FOR CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS

• Texas Section 33.001 - Probate Of Wills And Granting Of Letters Testamentary And Of Administration
  Venue for a probate proceeding to admit a will to probate or for the granting of letters testamentary or of administration is: (1) in the...
• Texas Section 33.002 - Action Related To Probate Proceeding In Statutory Probate Court
  Except as provided by Section 33.003, venue for any cause of action related to a probate proceeding pending in a statutory probate court is proper...
• Texas Section 33.003 - Certain Actions Involving Personal Representative
  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...
• Texas Section 33.004 - Heirship Proceedings
  (a) Venue for a proceeding to determine a decedent's heirs is in: (1) the court of the county in which a proceeding admitting the decedent's...

SUBCHAPTER B DETERMINATION OF VENUE

• Texas Section 33.005 - Certain Actions Involving Breach Of Fiduciary Duty
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, venue for a proceeding brought by the attorney general alleging breach of a fiduciary duty by a charitable...
• Texas Section 33.051 - Commencement Of Proceeding
  For purposes of this subchapter, a probate proceeding is considered commenced on the filing of an application for the proceeding that avers facts sufficient to...
• Texas Section 33.052 - Concurrent Venue
  (a) If applications for probate proceedings involving the same estate are filed in two or more courts having concurrent venue, the court in which a...
• Texas Section 33.053 - Probate Proceedings In More Than One County
  If probate proceedings involving the same estate are commenced in more than one county, each proceeding commenced in a county other than the county in...
• Texas Section 33.054 - Jurisdiction To Determine Venue
  (a) Subject to Sections 33.052 and 33.053, a court in which an application for a probate proceeding is filed has jurisdiction to determine venue for...

SUBCHAPTER C TRANSFER OF PROBATE PROCEEDING

• Texas Section 33.055 - Protection For Certain Purchasers
  Notwithstanding Section 33.052, a bona fide purchaser of real property who relied on a probate proceeding that was not the first commenced proceeding, without knowledge...
• Texas Section 33.101 - Transfer To Other County In Which Venue Is Proper
  If probate proceedings involving the same estate are commenced in more than one county and the court making a determination of venue as provided by...
• Texas Section 33.102 - Transfer For Want Of Venue
  (a) If it appears to the court at any time before the final order in a probate proceeding is rendered that the court does not...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 33.104 - Validation Of Previous Proceedings
  All orders entered in connection with a probate proceeding that is transferred to another county under a provision of this subchapter are valid and shall...

Last modified: September 28, 2016