Tex. Est. Code § 360.254 · Subchapter F. CERTAIN TYPES OF ESTATE PROPERTY
JOINTLY OWNED PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who has a joint interest with a decedent's estate in any property may apply to the court that granted letters testamentary or of administration on the estate for a partition of the property.
(b) On application under Subsection (a), the court shall partition the property between the applicant and the decedent's estate.
(c) The provisions of this title relating to the partition and distribution of an estate govern a partition under this section to the extent applicable.
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.
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.360.htm
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