{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 102.006","heading":"CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH PARTITION OF HOMESTEAD IS AUTHORIZED.","body":"The homestead may be partitioned among the respective owners of the property in the same manner as other property held in common if:\n(1) the surviving spouse dies, sells his or her interest in the homestead, or elects to no longer use or occupy the property as a homestead; or\n(2) the court no longer permits the guardian of the minor children to use and occupy the property as a homestead.\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#102.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"5ee70fc372e1b1ed99dfd4bfb969f9669d3488f9390c1ad358a2a2bedbe5b7d1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-102.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-111.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}