Texas Estates Code
§ 122.201 — ASSIGNMENT; WHEN ASSIGNMENT INEFFECTIVE OR LIMITED
ES § 122.201Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 122. DISCLAIMERS AND ASSIGNMENTS · Art. E. ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who is entitled to receive property or an interest in property from a decedent under a will, by inheritance, or as a beneficiary under a life insurance contract, and does not disclaim the property under Chapter 240, Property Code, may assign the property or interest in property to any person.
(b)An assignment of property or an interest in property under Subsection (a) by a child support obligor does not take effect to the extent the assigned property or interest in property could be applied to satisfy a support obligation of the obligor that has been:
(1)administratively determined as evidence by a certified child support payment record produced by the Title IV-D agency in a Title IV-D case; or
(2)confirmed and reduced to judgment as provided by Section 157.263, Family Code.
(c)In this section:
(1)"Title IV-D agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.033, Family Code.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (H.B. 2428), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.