Texas Estates Code Title 2, Chapter 102 - Probate Assets: Decedent's Homestead

• Texas Section 102.001 - Treatment Of Certain Children
  For purposes of determining homestead rights, a child is a child of his or her mother and a child of his or her father, as...
• Texas Section 102.002 - Homestead Rights Not Affected By Character Of The Homestead
  The homestead rights and the respective interests of the surviving spouse and children of a decedent are the same whether the homestead was the decedent's...
• Texas Section 102.003 - Passage Of Homestead
  The homestead of a decedent who dies leaving a surviving spouse descends and vests on the decedent's death in the same manner as other real...
• Texas Section 102.004 - Liability Of Homestead For Debts
  If the decedent was survived by a spouse or minor child, the homestead is not liable for the payment of any of the debts of...
• Texas Section 102.005 - Prohibitions On Partition Of Homestead
  The homestead may not be partitioned among the decedent's heirs: (1) during the lifetime of the surviving spouse for as long as the surviving spouse...
• Texas Section 102.006 - Circumstances Under Which Partition Of Homestead Is Authorized
  The homestead may be partitioned among the respective owners of the property in the same manner as other property held in common if: (1) the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016