Claims Process: Options for Creditors in Independent Administrations

The debt collection process for creditors is a confusing and difficult aspect of probate practice. Part of the problem stems from the manner in which the Estates Code is organized and written. Though there exists a very detailed claims process for dependent administrations, many of the applicable statutes are not relevant for an executor of an independent administration. Given this difference, creditors dealing with an independent executor need to follow an alternate process when dealing with an independent administration.

See Keith Branyon, Claims Process: Options for Creditors in Independent Administrations, Texas Bar Journal: Planning and Probate Law, Vol. 81, No. 3, March 2018.