Texas Estates Code

§ 113.153 — OWNERSHIP OF TRUST ACCOUNT ON DEATH OF TRUSTEE

ES § 113.153Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 113. MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNTS · Art. D. RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP IN ACCOUNTS

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(a)If the account is a trust account and there is a written agreement signed by the trustee or trustees, on death of the trustee or the survivor of two or more trustees, any sums remaining on deposit belong to:

(1)the person or persons named as beneficiaries, if surviving; or

(2)the survivor of the persons named as beneficiaries if one or more beneficiaries die before the trustee.

(b)If two or more beneficiaries survive, no right of survivorship exists between the surviving beneficiaries unless the terms of the account or deposit agreement expressly provide for survivorship between those beneficiaries.

Legislative history

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