APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF EXISTENCE OF PRIOR RIGHT.
Tex. ESTATES Code § 361.103.
in effectIf letters testamentary or of administration have been granted to a person and another person applies for letters, the court shall revoke the initial letters and grant letters to the second applicant if the second applicant:
(1) is qualified;
(2) has a prior right to the letters; and
(3) has not waived the prior right to the letters.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.