{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1353.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1353.002","heading":"SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 1353.004, when a spouse is judicially declared to be incapacitated, the other spouse, in the capacity of surviving partner of the marital partnership, acquires full power to manage, control, and dispose of the entire community estate, including the part of the community estate that the incapacitated spouse legally has the power to manage in the absence of the incapacity, as community administrator without an administration.\n(b) The spouse who is not incapacitated is presumed to be suitable and qualified to serve as community administrator.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE I. OTHER SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND SUBSTITUTES FOR GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1353. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INCAPACITATED SPOUSE'S PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. APPOINTMENT OF COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR OR GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1353.htm#1353.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"a0750a3ccc3dd3db89ce19ac725d8c3fc7b57b375e0c9dc7624bc4379bd16d25","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1353.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1353.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}