Texas Estates Code

§ 1158.251 — APPLICATION FOR ORDER OF SALE

ES § 1158.251Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP · Ch. 1158. SALE OR PARTITION OF WARD'S PROPERTY · Art. F. SALE OF REAL PROPERTY: APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR SALE

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An application may be made to the court for an order to sell real property of a ward's estate if the sale appears necessary or advisable to:

(1)pay:

(A)expenses of administration, allowances, and claims against the ward or the ward's estate; and

(B)if the guardianship is kept open after the death of the ward, the ward's funeral expenses and expenses of the ward's last illness;

(2)make up the deficiency if the income of a ward's estate, the personal property of the estate, and the proceeds of previous sales are insufficient to pay for the education and maintenance of the ward or to pay debts against the estate;

(3)dispose of property of the ward's estate that consists wholly or partly of an undivided interest in real estate if considered in the best interests of the estate to sell the interest;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.