{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 102.004","heading":"LIABILITY OF HOMESTEAD FOR DEBTS.","body":"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 the estate, other than:\n(1) purchase money for the homestead;\n(2) taxes due on the homestead;\n(3) work and material used in constructing improvements on the homestead if the requirements of Section 50(a)(5), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, are met;\n(4) an owelty of partition imposed against the entirety of the property by a court order or written agreement of the parties to the partition, including a debt of one spouse in favor of the other spouse resulting from a division or an award of a family homestead in a divorce proceeding;\n(5) the refinance of a lien against the homestead, including a federal tax lien resulting from the tax debt of both spouses, if the homestead is a family homestead, or from the tax debt of the decedent;\n(6) an extension of credit on the homestead if the requirements of Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, are met; or\n(7) a reverse mortgage.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 8, 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#102.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"2f2197b70169b813603488cad0bb0d92c2351fd9a2d9e3c3b5065005a48b0803","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}