Tex. Est. Code Section 54.001
Effect of Filing or Contesting Pleading

(a)

The filing or contesting in probate court of a pleading relating to a decedent’s estate does not constitute tortious interference with inheritance of the estate.

(b)

This section does not abrogate any right of a person under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or Chapter 10 (Sanctions for Frivolous Pleadings and Motions), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 54.001 — Effect of Filing or Contesting Pleading, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­54.­htm#54.­001 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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