Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 53 - Other Court Duties And Procedures

SUBCHAPTER A ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS

SUBCHAPTER B COSTS AND SECURITY

• Texas Section 53.001 - Enforcement Of Judge's Orders
  A judge may enforce the judge's lawful orders against an executor or administrator by attachment and confinement. Unless this title expressly provides otherwise, the term...
• Texas Section 53.051 - Applicability Of Certain Laws
  A law regulating costs in ordinary civil cases applies to a probate matter when not expressly provided for in this title. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 53.052 - Security For Certain Costs
  (a) The clerk may require a person who files an application, complaint, or opposition relating to an estate, other than the personal representative of the...
• Texas Section 53.053 - Exemption From Probate Fees For Estates Of Certain Military Servicemembers
  (a) In this section, "combat zone" means an area that the president of the United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 U.S.C....

SUBCHAPTER C PROCEDURES FOR PROBATE MATTERS

• Texas Section 53.054 - Exemption From Probate Fees For Estates Of Certain Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, And Others
  (a) In this section: (1) "Eligible decedent" means an individual listed in Section 615.003, Government Code. (2) "Line of duty" and "personal injury" have the...
• Texas Section 53.101 - Calling Of Dockets
  The judge in whose court probate proceedings are pending, at times determined by the judge, shall: (1) call the estates of decedents in the estates'...
• Texas Section 53.102 - Setting Of Certain Hearings By Clerk
  (a) If a judge is unable to designate the time and place for hearing a probate matter pending in the judge's court because the judge...
• Texas Section 53.103 - Rendering Of Decisions, Orders, Decrees, And Judgments
  The county court shall render all decisions, orders, decrees, and judgments in probate matters in open court, except as otherwise specially provided. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 53.104 - Appointment Of Attorneys Ad Litem
  (a) Except as provided by Section 202.009(b), the judge of a probate court may appoint an attorney ad litem in any probate proceeding to represent...
• Texas Section 53.106 - Executions In Probate Matters
  (a) An execution in a probate matter must be: (1) directed "to any sheriff or any constable within the State of Texas"; (2) attested and...
• Texas Section 53.107 - Inapplicability Of Certain Rules Of Civil Procedure
  The following do not apply to probate proceedings: (1) Rules 47(c) and 169, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; and (2) the portions of Rule 190.2,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016