Texas Estates Code

§ 102.002 — HOMESTEAD RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED BY CHARACTER OF THE HOMESTEAD

ES § 102.002Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 102. PROBATE ASSETS: DECEDENT'S HOMESTEAD

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The homestead rights and the respective interests of the surviving spouse and children of a decedent are the same whether the homestead was the decedent's separate property or was community property between the surviving spouse and the decedent.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.