Tex. Estates Code § 355.103
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 355.103, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 355.103. PRIORITY OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.
Official statutory text
When a personal representative has estate funds in the representative's possession, the representative shall pay in the following order:
(1) funeral expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and expenses of the decedent's last illness in an amount not to exceed $15,000;
(2) allowances made to the decedent's surviving spouse and children, or to either the surviving spouse or children;
(3) expenses of administration and expenses incurred in preserving, safekeeping, and managing the estate; and
(4) other claims against the estate in the order of the claims' classifications.
(1) funeral expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and expenses of the decedent's last illness in an amount not to exceed $15,000;
(2) allowances made to the decedent's surviving spouse and children, or to either the surviving spouse or children;
(3) expenses of administration and expenses incurred in preserving, safekeeping, and managing the estate; and
(4) other claims against the estate in the order of the claims' classifications.
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