Sec. 202.203. CORRECTION OF JUDGMENT AT REQUEST OF HEIR NOT PROPERLY SERVED. If an heir of a decedent who is the subject of a proceeding to declare heirship is not served with citation by registered or certified mail or personal service in the proceeding, the heir may:
(1) have the judgment in the proceeding corrected by bill of review:
(A) at any time, but not later than the fourth anniversary of the date of the judgment; or
(B) after the passage of any length of time, on proof of actual fraud; and
(2) recover the heir's just share of the property or the value of that share from:
(A) the heirs named in the judgment; and
(B) those who claim under the heirs named in the judgment and who are not bona fide purchasers for value.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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