In re Estate of Bendtsen, 230 S.W.3d 832 (Tex. App.—Dallas, 2007, no pet.).
Executrix of an invalid later will attempted to contest an earlier
will and various actions by the court-appointed temporary administrator
of the estate. Both the trial and appellate courts agreed that Executrix
lacked standing. She was not an “interested person” under Probate Code §
3(r) because she was not an heir, devisee, spouse, or creditor of the
decedent and she did not have a property right in, or claim against, the
decedent’s estate. She also lacked a pecuniary interest in the estate as
required by Logan v. Thomason, 202 S.W.2d 212 (Tex. 1947).
Moral: A person must have an interest in the estate to contest a will or
the actions of a personal representative.