Texas Estates Code

§ 254.001 — DEVISES TO TRUSTEES

ES § 254.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part F. WILLS · Ch. 254. CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN, AND CONTRACTS RELATING TO, WILLS

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(a)A testator may validly devise property in a will to the trustee of a trust established or to be established:

(1)during the testator's lifetime by the testator, the testator and another person, or another person, including a funded or unfunded life insurance trust in which the settlor has reserved any or all rights of ownership of the insurance contracts; or

(2)at the testator's death by the testator's devise to the trustee, regardless of the existence, size, or character of the corpus of the trust, if:

(A)the trust is identified in the testator's will; and

(B)the terms of the trust are in:

(i)a written instrument, other than a will, executed before, with, or after the execution of the testator's will; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.