Texas Estates Code

§ 305.104 — BOND OF MARRIED PERSON

ES § 305.104Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part G. INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OPENING OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 305. QUALIFICATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES · Art. C. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BONDS

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(a)A married person appointed as a personal representative may execute a bond required by law:

(1)jointly with the person's spouse; or

(2)separately without the person's spouse.

(b)A bond executed by a married person binds the person's separate estate, but does not bind the person's spouse unless the spouse signed the bond.

Legislative history

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