Tex. Estates Code § 1162.001
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1162.001, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1162.001. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH ESTATE OR OTHER TRANSFER PLAN.
Official statutory text
On application of the guardian of the estate or any interested person, after the posting of notice and hearing, and on a showing that the ward will probably remain incapacitated during the ward's lifetime, the court may enter an order that authorizes the guardian to apply the principal or income of the ward's estate that is not required for the support of the ward or the ward's family during the ward's lifetime toward the establishment of an estate plan for the purpose of minimizing income, estate, inheritance, or other taxes payable out of the ward's estate, or to transfer a portion of the ward's estate as necessary to qualify the ward for government benefits and only to the extent allowed by applicable state or federal laws, including rules, regarding those benefits. On the ward's behalf, the court may authorize the guardian to make gifts or transfers described by this section, outright or in trust, of the ward's property to or for the benefit of:
(1) an organization to which charitable contributions may be made under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and in which it is shown the ward would reasonably have an interest;
(2) the ward's spouse, descendant, or other person related to the ward by blood or marriage who is identifiable at the time of the order;
(3) a devisee under the ward's last validly executed will, trust, or other beneficial instrument, if the instrument exists; and
(4) a person serving as guardian of the ward, if the person is eligible under Subdivision (2) or (3).
(1) an organization to which charitable contributions may be made under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and in which it is shown the ward would reasonably have an interest;
(2) the ward's spouse, descendant, or other person related to the ward by blood or marriage who is identifiable at the time of the order;
(3) a devisee under the ward's last validly executed will, trust, or other beneficial instrument, if the instrument exists; and
(4) a person serving as guardian of the ward, if the person is eligible under Subdivision (2) or (3).
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