Tex. Est. Code § 354.058 · Subchapter B. WITHDRAWAL FROM ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES
CREDITORS MAY SUE DISTRIBUTEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A creditor of an estate withdrawn from administration under Section 354.053 whose debt or claim against the estate is unpaid and not barred by limitation may sue:
(1) any distributee who has received any of the estate; or
(2) all the distributees jointly.
(b) A distributee is not liable for more than the distributee's just proportion according to the amount of the estate the distributee received in the distribution.
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.
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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.354.htm
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