Sec. 51.203. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS IN CERTAIN MATTERS  


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  • (a) If a will is to be probated, or in another probate matter in which there is no opposing party or attorney of record on whom to serve notice and copies of interrogatories, service may be made by posting notice of the intention to take depositions for a period of 10 days as provided by Section 51.053 governing a posting of notice.

    (b) When notice by posting under Subsection (a) is filed with the county clerk, a copy of the interrogatories must also be filed.

    (c) At the expiration of the 10-day period prescribed by Subsection (a):

    (1) commission may issue for taking the depositions for which the notice was posted; and

    (2) the judge may file cross-interrogatories if no person appears.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.