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2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle B - Procedural Matters
Chapter 55 - Complaints and Contests
Subchapter E. Specific Performance of Agreement to Transfer Title
Section 55.202. Hearing and Order
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TX Est Code § 55.202 (2025)
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Sec. 55.202. HEARING AND ORDER. (a) After service of the citation under Section 55.201, the court shall hear the complaint and the evidence on the complaint.
(b) The court shall order the personal representative to transfer title to the property, according to the tenor of the bond or agreement, to the complainant if the judge is satisfied from the proof that:
(1) the bond or agreement was legally executed by the decedent; and
(2) the complainant has a right to demand specific performance.
(c) The order must fully describe the property to be transferred.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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