Estates Code § 33.103

A court may transfer a probate proceeding to the proper court in another county if that is in the estate’s best interest, and the sending court clerk must transmit the file to the receiving court.

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A court may transfer a probate proceeding to the proper court in another county if that is in the estate’s best interest, and the sending court clerk must transmit the file to the receiving court.

Sec. 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 the court at any time before the proceeding is concluded that the transfer would be in the best interest of: (1) the estate; or (2) if there is no administration of the estate, the decedent's heirs or beneficiaries under the decedent's will. (b) The clerk of the court from which the probate proceeding described by Subsection (a) is transferred shall transmit the file for the proceeding in accordance with the procedures provided by Section 33.105 to the court to which the proceeding is transferred. (c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.011, and Ch. 256 (H.B. 1612), Sec. 27(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2023. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 521 (S.B. 626), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (S.B. 615), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 27(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.003, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.011, eff. September 1, 2023.

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