Sec. 1157.064.  PRESENTMENT OF CLAIM PREREQUISITE FOR JUDGMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a judgment may not be rendered in favor of a claimant on a claim for money that has not been:
(1)  legally presented to the guardian of the estate of the ward; and
(2)  wholly or partly rejected by the guardian or the court.
(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a claim against the estate of a ward for delinquent ad valorem taxes that is being administered in probate in a county other than the county in which the taxes were imposed.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.