Tex. Prop. Code § 121.058 · Subchapter B. DEATH BENEFITS UNDER EMPLOYEES' TRUSTS
CONSTRUCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter is intended to be declaratory of the common law of this state.
(b) A court shall liberally construe this subchapter to effect the intent that a death benefit received by a trustee under this subchapter is not subject to the obligations of the employee or the employee's estate unless the trust receiving the benefit expressly provides otherwise.
(c) A death benefit shall not be included in property administered as part of a testator's estate or in an inventory filed with the county court because of a reference in a will to the death benefit or because of the naming of the trustee of a testamentary trust.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3694, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.121.htm
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