Texas Estates Code

§ 112.052 — FORM OF AGREEMENT

ES § 112.052Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 112. COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP · Art. B. COMMUNITY PROPERTY SURVIVORSHIP AGREEMENTS

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(a)A community property survivorship agreement must be in writing and signed by both spouses.

(b)A written agreement signed by both spouses is sufficient to create a right of survivorship in the community property described in the agreement if the agreement includes any of the following phrases:

(1)"with right of survivorship";

(2)"will become the property of the survivor";

(3)"will vest in and belong to the surviving spouse"; or

(4)"shall pass to the surviving spouse."

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.06, eff. January 1, 2014.