{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 353.153","heading":"TITLE TO PROPERTY OF INSOLVENT ESTATE.","body":"If on final settlement an estate proves to be insolvent, the decedent's surviving spouse and children have absolute title to all property and allowances set aside or paid to them under this title. The distributees are entitled to distribution of any remaining exempt property held by the executor or administrator in the same manner as other estate property. The property and allowances set aside or paid to the decedent's surviving spouse or children, and any remaining exempt property held by the executor or administrator, may not be taken for any of the estate debts except as provided by Section 353.155.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 38, 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 D. LIENS ON AND DISPOSITION OF EXEMPT PROPERTY AND PROPERTY TAKEN AS ALLOWANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.353.htm#353.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"058d6d26e1653bba27685eb53cff102a3d2f32729d087909fb139e4d9cffc34e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-353.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}