Texas § PR.115.011 - PARTIES
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§ PR.115.011. PARTIES
PARTIES. (a) Any interested person may bring an action under Section 115.001 of this Act. (b) Contingent beneficiaries designated as a class are not necessary parties to an action under Section 115.001 . The only necessary parties to such an action are: (1) a beneficiary of the trust on whose act or obligation the action is predicated; (2) a beneficiary of the trust designated by name, other than a beneficiary whose interest has been distributed, extinguished, terminated, or paid; (3) a person who is actually receiving distributions from the trust estate at the time the action is filed; and (4) the trustee, if a trustee is serving at the time the action is filed. (c) The attorney general shall be given notice of any proceeding involving a charitable trust as provided by Chapter 123 of this code. (d) A beneficiary of a trust may intervene and contest the right of the plaintiff to recover in an action against the trustee as representative of the trust for a tort committed in the course of the trustee's administration or on a contract executed by the trustee. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 172, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1190 ), Sec. 23, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 657 (S.B. 1197 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
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Section PR.115.011 ("PARTIES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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