Tex. Estates Code § 1158.251
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1158.251, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1158.251. APPLICATION FOR ORDER OF SALE.
Official statutory text
An application may be made to the court for an order to sell real property of a ward's estate if the sale appears necessary or advisable to:
(1) pay:
(A) expenses of administration, allowances, and claims against the ward or the ward's estate; and
(B) if the guardianship is kept open after the death of the ward, the ward's funeral expenses and expenses of the ward's last illness;
(2) make up the deficiency if the income of a ward's estate, the personal property of the estate, and the proceeds of previous sales are insufficient to pay for the education and maintenance of the ward or to pay debts against the estate;
(3) dispose of property of the ward's estate that consists wholly or partly of an undivided interest in real estate if considered in the best interests of the estate to sell the interest;
(4) dispose of real estate of a ward, any part of which is nonproductive or does not produce sufficient revenue to make a fair return on the value of the real estate, if:
(A) the improvement of the real estate with a view to making the property productive is not considered advantageous or advisable; and
(B) the sale of the real estate and the investment of the money derived from that sale appears to be in the estate's best interests; or
(5) conserve the ward's estate by selling mineral interest or royalties on minerals in place owned by the ward.
(1) pay:
(A) expenses of administration, allowances, and claims against the ward or the ward's estate; and
(B) if the guardianship is kept open after the death of the ward, the ward's funeral expenses and expenses of the ward's last illness;
(2) make up the deficiency if the income of a ward's estate, the personal property of the estate, and the proceeds of previous sales are insufficient to pay for the education and maintenance of the ward or to pay debts against the estate;
(3) dispose of property of the ward's estate that consists wholly or partly of an undivided interest in real estate if considered in the best interests of the estate to sell the interest;
(4) dispose of real estate of a ward, any part of which is nonproductive or does not produce sufficient revenue to make a fair return on the value of the real estate, if:
(A) the improvement of the real estate with a view to making the property productive is not considered advantageous or advisable; and
(B) the sale of the real estate and the investment of the money derived from that sale appears to be in the estate's best interests; or
(5) conserve the ward's estate by selling mineral interest or royalties on minerals in place owned by the ward.
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