Tex. Est. Code § 1158.101 · Subchapter C. SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
ORDER FOR SALE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), on the application of the guardian of the estate of a ward or any interested person, the court may order the sale of any estate personal property not required to be sold by Section 1158.051, including livestock or growing or harvested crops, if the court finds that the sale of the property is in the best interests of the ward or the ward's estate to pay, from the proceeds of the sale:
(1) expenses of the care, maintenance, and education of the ward or the ward's dependents;
(2) expenses of administration;
(3) allowances;
(4) claims against the ward or the ward's estate; and
(5) if the guardianship is kept open after the death of the ward, the ward's funeral expenses and expenses of the ward's last illness.
(b) The court may not order under this section the sale of exempt property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1158.htm
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