{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-112.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 112.253","heading":"RIGHTS OF DECEASED SPOUSE'S CREDITORS IN RELATION TO THIRD PARTIES.","body":"This subchapter does not affect the protection afforded to a person or entity under Subchapter E unless, before payment or transfer to the surviving spouse, the person or entity received a written notice from the deceased spouse's personal representative stating the amount needed to discharge the deceased spouse's liabilities.\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 112. COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP","SUBCHAPTER F. RIGHTS OF CREDITORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.112.htm#112.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"1456a7caf513cde610eeb37f56ac8001b9b4383dcd095dae129955c8954ebd93","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-112.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-113.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}