Tex. Estates Code § 353.153
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 353.153, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 353.153. TITLE TO PROPERTY OF INSOLVENT ESTATE.
Official statutory text
If on final settlement an estate proves to be insolvent, the decedent's surviving spouse and children have absolute title to all property and allowances set aside or paid to them under this title. The distributees are entitled to distribution of any remaining exempt property held by the executor or administrator in the same manner as other estate property. The property and allowances set aside or paid to the decedent's surviving spouse or children, and any remaining exempt property held by the executor or administrator, may not be taken for any of the estate debts except as provided by Section 353.155.
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