Tex. Finance Code § 125.308: EFFECT OF DEATH OF TRUSTEE ON ACCOUNT.

(a) The death of a trustee does not affect the ownership or disposition of a trust account unless:

(1) the trust agreement provides otherwise; or

(2) there is not a surviving trustee, and:

(A) the account is a trust account subject to Subchapter B, Chapter 111, and Chapters 112 and 113, Estates Code; or

(B) written evidence of the terms of the trust does not exist.

(b) On the death of a trustee for a trust account for which the death of a trustee affects the ownership disposition of the account, the credit union shall pay out money in the trust account:

(1) in accordance with the trust agreement; or

(2) in the absence of written evidence of the terms of the trust, to a beneficiary or any other person authorized by law to request or receive payment.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 20.014, eff. September 1, 2015.