Texas Estates Code

§ 102.006 — CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH PARTITION OF HOMESTEAD IS AUTHORIZED

ES § 102.006Title 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 may be partitioned among the respective owners of the property in the same manner as other property held in common if:

(1)the surviving spouse dies, sells his or her interest in the homestead, or elects to no longer use or occupy the property as a homestead; or

(2)the court no longer permits the guardian of the minor children to use and occupy the property as a homestead.

Legislative history

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