{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-114.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 114.002","heading":"LIABILITY OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR BREACH OF TRUST BY PREDECESSOR.","body":"A successor trustee is liable for a breach of trust of a predecessor only if he knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by the predecessor and the successor trustee:\n(1) improperly permits it to continue;\n(2) fails to make a reasonable effort to compel the predecessor trustee to deliver the trust property; or\n(3) fails to make a reasonable effort to compel a redress of a breach of trust committed by the predecessor trustee.\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 114. LIABILITIES, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF TRUSTEES, BENEFICIARIES, AND THIRD PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER A. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.114.htm#114.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"5ca93269a84c873473bb528fe99a7fac1c93095d41d23a9941be8e55e2f723eb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-114.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-114.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}