Texas § 55.251 REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN PROBATE PROCEEDING.

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§ 55.251 — REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN PROBATE PROCEEDING.

Texas § 55.251

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 55.251 (2026).

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Sec. 55.251. REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN PROBATE PROCEEDING.

(a)An interested person may, by a bill of review filed in the court in which the probate proceedings were held, have an order or judgment rendered by the court revised and corrected on a showing of error in the order or judgment, as applicable.

(b)A bill of review to revise and correct an order or judgment may not be filed more than two years after the date of the order or judgment, as applicable.

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Sec. 55.251. REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN PROBATE PROCEEDING. (a) An interested person may, by a bill of review filed in the court in which the probate proceedings were held, have an order or judgment rendered by the court revised and corrected on a showing of error in the order or judgment, as applicable.
(b) A bill of review to revise and correct an order or judgment may not be filed more than two years after the date of the order or judgment, as applicable.

Robert Valdez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Pierre v. Bernard, and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York v. David Hollenbeck, Individually and as Successor Administrator of the Estate of Pierre v. Bernard, Will Frances Baron, John Bernard Baron, Bernard Rae Bernard Box, Daryl Bernard, Marcus Bernard, Barbara Streff Grachek, Pam Streff Myers, Steve Str

(Texas Supreme Court, 2015)

in Re Somaiah Kholaif

(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2020)

Legislative History

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. 8.002, eff. January 1, 2014.