{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 353.053","heading":"ALLOWANCE IN LIEU OF EXEMPT PROPERTY.","body":"(a) If all or any of the specific articles of exempt property described by Section 353.051(a) are not among the decedent's effects, the court shall make, in lieu of the articles not among the effects, a reasonable allowance to be paid to the decedent's surviving spouse and children as provided by Section 353.054.\n(b) The allowance in lieu of a homestead may not exceed $45,000, and the allowance in lieu of other exempt property may not exceed $30,000, excluding the family allowance for the support of the surviving spouse, minor children, and adult incapacitated children provided by Subchapter C.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 810 (H.B. 2492), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 647 (H.B. 789), Sec. 2.01, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE H. CONTINUATION OF ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 353. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND FAMILY ALLOWANCE","SUBCHAPTER B. EXEMPT PROPERTY; ALLOWANCE IN LIEU OF EXEMPT PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.353.htm#353.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"fb625f22c0195097ea96ce1f84341b83bdc333302ee5bd81b4195c33cae57775","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}