{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-112.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 112.051","heading":"REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR AMENDMENT BY SETTLOR.","body":"(a) A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.\n(b) The settlor may modify or amend a trust that is revocable, but the settlor may not enlarge the duties of the trustee without the trustee's express consent.\n(c) If the trust was created by a written instrument, a revocation, modification, or amendment of the trust must be in writing.\nAmended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 9. TRUSTS","SUBTITLE B. TEXAS TRUST CODE: CREATION, OPERATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS","CHAPTER 112. CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS","SUBCHAPTER C. REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.112.htm#112.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"27a70cb2019e082ad5bb9cd94bbc2dcdb8536c1b80ef96e9d4b50f5220f7cbcf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-112.038","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-112.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}