GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 113.104: OWNERSHIP OF TRUST ACCOUNT DURING TRUSTEE'S LIFETIME.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  3. SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL
  4. CHAPTER 113. MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF ACCOUNTS

(a) A trust account belongs beneficially to the trustee during the trustee's lifetime unless:

(1) the terms of the account or the deposit agreement manifest a contrary intent; or

(2) other clear and convincing evidence of an irrevocable trust exists.

(b) If two or more parties are named as trustees on a trust account, during the parties' lifetimes beneficial rights between the parties are governed by Section 113.102.

(c) An account that is an irrevocable trust belongs beneficially to the beneficiary.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:08Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection