Estates Code § 454.052

Sec. 454.052. LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER; BONDS NOT VOIDED. (a) Anyone, including a personal representative, who delivered to another the estate or any part of the estate of a person who was proved by circumstantial evidence to be dead under Section 454.002 and who, in a subsequent action, is proved by direct evidence to have been living at any time after the date the court granted the letters testamentary or of administration under that section is not liable for any part of the estate delivered in accordance with the court's order. (b) Subject to Subsection (c), the bond of a personal representative of the estate of a person described by Subsection (a) is not void in any event. (c) A surety is not liable for any act of the personal representative that was done in compliance with or approved by the court's order. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.