Tex. Est. Code § 1162.001 · Subchapter A. CERTAIN GIFTS AND TRANSFERS
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH ESTATE OR OTHER TRANSFER PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On application of the guardian of the estate or any interested person, after the posting of notice and hearing, and on a showing that the ward will probably remain incapacitated during the ward's lifetime, the court may enter an order that authorizes the guardian to apply the principal or income of the ward's estate that is not required for the support of the ward or the ward's family during the ward's lifetime toward the establishment of an estate plan for the purpose of minimizing income, estate, inheritance, or other taxes payable out of the ward's estate, or to transfer a portion of the ward's estate as necessary to qualify the ward for government benefits and only to the extent allowed by applicable state or federal laws, including rules, regarding those benefits. On the ward's behalf, the court may authorize the guardian to make gifts or transfers described by this section, outright or in trust, of the ward's property to or for the benefit of:
(1) an organization to which charitable contributions may be made under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and in which it is shown the ward would reasonably have an interest;
(2) the ward's spouse, descendant, or other person related to the ward by blood or marriage who is identifiable at the time of the order;
(3) a devisee under the ward's last validly executed will, trust, or other beneficial instrument, if the instrument exists; and
(4) a person serving as guardian of the ward, if the person is eligible under Subdivision (2) or (3).
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.050, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1162.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Est. Code § 1162.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1162.002ESTATE OR OTHER TRANSFER PLAN: CONTENTS AND MODIFICATION.Printed as Section 1162.001 | Sections 1162.001 and 1162.004
- Tex. Est. Code § 1162.003NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF ESTATE OR OTHER TRANSFER PLAN.Printed as Section 1162.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 1162.004AUTHORITY TO MAKE PERIODIC GIFTS.Printed as Section 1162.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 1162.005APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.Printed as Section 1162.001
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