{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-121.058","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 121.058","heading":"CONSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) This subchapter is intended to be declaratory of the common law of this state.\n(b) A court shall liberally construe this subchapter to effect the intent that a death benefit received by a trustee under this subchapter is not subject to the obligations of the employee or the employee's estate unless the trust receiving the benefit expressly provides otherwise.\n(c) A death benefit shall not be included in property administered as part of a testator's estate or in an inventory filed with the county court because of a reference in a will to the death benefit or because of the naming of the trustee of a testamentary trust.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3694, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 9. TRUSTS","SUBTITLE C. MISCELLANEOUS TRUSTS","CHAPTER 121. EMPLOYEES' TRUSTS","SUBCHAPTER B. DEATH BENEFITS UNDER EMPLOYEES' TRUSTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.121.htm#121.058","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"1deeca461f852134b4fcef44f6b91ded9d84645ac7fb059386c7150b4ee0239c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-121.057","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-123.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}