A person interested in an estate may, at any time before the court decides an issue in a proceeding, file written opposition regarding the issue. The person is entitled to process for witnesses and evidence, and to be heard on the opposition, as in other suits.
Tex. Est. Code § 55.001
OPPOSITION IN PROBATE PROCEEDING
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case in the Estate of Aminta Perez-Muzza (2014)
Most recently applied in Richard T. Archer, David B. Archer, Carol Archer Bugg, John v. Archer, Karen Archer Ball, and Sherri Archer v. T. Mark Anderson and Christine Anderson, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Ted Anderson (June 2018)
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.