Texas Estates Code

§ 354.058 — CREDITORS MAY SUE DISTRIBUTEES

ES § 354.058Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 354. SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS FOR, OR WITHDRAWAL FROM ADMINISTRATION OF, CERTAIN ESTATES · Art. B. WITHDRAWAL FROM ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES

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(a)A creditor of an estate withdrawn from administration under Section 354.053 whose debt or claim against the estate is unpaid and not barred by limitation may sue:

(1)any distributee who has received any of the estate; or

(2)all the distributees jointly.

(b)A distributee is not liable for more than the distributee's just proportion according to the amount of the estate the distributee received in the distribution.

Legislative history

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