Estates Code § 52.001

Sec. 52.001. PROBATE DOCKET. (a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled "Judge's Probate Docket" and shall record in the book: (1) the name of each person with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, proceedings are commenced or sought to be commenced; (2) the name of each executor, administrator, or applicant for letters testamentary or of administration; (3) the date each original application for probate proceedings is filed; (4) a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each estate, including the date it occurs; and (5) the docket number of each estate as assigned under Subsection (b). (b) The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each estate in the order proceedings are commenced. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 8.001, eff. January 1, 2014.