Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051 · Subchapter C. REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS
REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR AMENDMENT BY SETTLOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.
(b) The settlor may modify or amend a trust that is revocable, but the settlor may not enlarge the duties of the trustee without the trustee's express consent.
(c) If the trust was created by a written instrument, a revocation, modification, or amendment of the trust must be in writing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.112.htm
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