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2024 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle H - Continuation of Administration
Chapter 361 - Death, Resignation, or Removal of Personal Representatives; Appointment of Successors
Subchapter D. Procedures After Death, Resignation, or Removal of Personal Representative
Section 361.154. Successor Executor Also Succeeds to Prior Rights and Duties
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TX Est Code § 361.154 (2024)
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Sec. 361.154. SUCCESSOR EXECUTOR ALSO SUCCEEDS TO PRIOR RIGHTS AND DUTIES. An executor who accepts appointment and qualifies after letters of administration have been granted on the estate shall, in the manner prescribed by Section 361.153, succeed to the previous administrator, and shall administer the estate as if the executor's administration were a continuation of the former administration, subject to any legal directions of the testator with respect to the estate that are contained in the will.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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