Tex. Est. Code § 353.106 · Subchapter C. FAMILY ALLOWANCE
SURVIVING SPOUSE, MINOR CHILDREN, OR ADULT INCAPACITATED CHILDREN MAY TAKE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A decedent's surviving spouse, the guardian of the decedent's minor children, or the guardian of an adult incapacitated child of the decedent or another appropriate person, as determined by the court, on behalf of the adult incapacitated child if there is no guardian, as applicable, is entitled to take, at the property's appraised value as shown by the appraisement, any of the estate's personal property in full or partial payment of the family allowance.
(b) Property specifically devised to another may be taken as provided by Subsection (a) only if other available property is insufficient to pay the allowance.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 810 (H.B. 2492), Sec. 2.11, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 810 (H.B. 2492), Sec. 2.12, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.353.htm
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