Tex. Est. Code § 403.059
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Any person having a debt or claim against the estate may enforce the payment of the same by suit against the independent executor; and, when judgment is recovered against the independent executor, the execution shall run against the estate of the decedent in the possession of the independent executor that is subject to the debt. The independent executor shall not be required to plead to any suit brought against the executor for money until after six months after the date that an independent administration was created and the order appointing the executor was entered by the probate court.
Tex. Estates § 403.059