{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 102.003","heading":"PASSAGE OF HOMESTEAD.","body":"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 property of the decedent and is governed by the same laws of descent and distribution.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 102. PROBATE ASSETS: DECEDENT'S HOMESTEAD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.102.htm#102.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"d72774c38bb9b12889f2c839fe9128c309247e0343312fa7da95e7caa2e51ce5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}