Tex. Est. Code Section 403.059
Enforcement of Claims by Suit

Any person having a debt or claim against the estate may enforce the payment of the same by suit against the independent executor; and, when judgment is recovered against the independent executor, the execution shall run against the estate of the decedent in the possession of the independent executor that is subject to the debt. The independent executor shall not be required to plead to any suit brought against the executor for money until after six months after the date that an independent administration was created and the order appointing the executor was entered by the probate court.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.53, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 403.059 — Enforcement of Claims by Suit, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­403.­htm#403.­059 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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