Sec. 101. NOTICE OF CONTEST OF FOREIGN WILL

Within the time permitted for the contest of a foreign will in this State, verified notice may be filed and recorded in the judge's probate docket of the court in this State in which the will was probated, or the deed records of any county in this State in which such will was recorded, that proceedings have been instituted to contest the will in the foreign jurisdiction where it was probated or established. Upon such filing and recording, the force and effect of the probate or recording of the will shall cease until verified proof is filed and recorded that the foreign proceedings have been terminated in favor of the will, or that such proceedings were never actually instituted.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 1925, ch. 641, Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 1969. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 , Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 10(a), eff. January 1, 2014.