In re Estate of Velasco, 214 S.W.3d 213 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2007, no pet.).
Administrations on Decedent’s estate were opened in two counties and
a variety of motions were filed and orders issued to resolve various
issues. One of the administrators attempted to appeal these orders. The
appellate court determined that this administrator lacked standing to
appeal because he had previously transferred all of his potential
interest in Decedent’s estate to another person. The court explained
that this administrator’s lack of a pecuniary interest in the estate
prevented him from qualifying as an interested person under Probate Code
§ 3(r) because he had no interest that could be affected by the outcome
of the administration of Decedent’s estate.
Moral: A person must qualify as an interested person to have standing to
appeal a trial court’s order involving a decedent’s estate.