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Tex. Estates Code § 101.051: LIABILITY OF ESTATE FOR DEBTS IN GENERAL.
Where this section sits in the code
- ESTATES CODE
- TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
- SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER 101. ESTATE ASSETS IN GENERAL
- SUBCHAPTER B. LIABILITY OF ESTATE FOR DEBTS
(a) A decedent's estate vests in accordance with Section 101.001(a) subject to the payment of:
(1) the debts of the decedent, except as exempted by law; and
(2) any court-ordered child support payments that are delinquent on the date of the decedent's death.
(b) A decedent's estate vests in accordance with Section 101.001(b) subject to the payment of, and is still liable for:
(1) the debts of the decedent, except as exempted by law; and
(2) any court-ordered child support payments that are delinquent on the date of the decedent's death.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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