Tex. Property Code § 113.022
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 113.022, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 113.022. POWER TO PROVIDE RESIDENCE AND PAY FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Official statutory text
A trustee of a trust that is not a charitable remainder unitrust, annuity trust, or pooled income fund that is intended to qualify for a federal tax deduction under Section 664, Internal Revenue Code, after giving consideration to the probable intention of the settlor and finding that the trustee's action would be consistent with that probable intention, may:
(1) permit real estate held in trust to be occupied by a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate;
(2) if reasonably necessary for the maintenance of a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate, invest trust funds in real property to be used for a home by the beneficiary; and
(3) in the trustee's discretion, pay funeral expenses of a beneficiary who at the time of the beneficiary's death was eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate.
(1) permit real estate held in trust to be occupied by a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate;
(2) if reasonably necessary for the maintenance of a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate, invest trust funds in real property to be used for a home by the beneficiary; and
(3) in the trustee's discretion, pay funeral expenses of a beneficiary who at the time of the beneficiary's death was eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate.
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