Tex. Estates Code § 1353.002
SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR
Texas · Texas Estates Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Estates Code § 1353.002, SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/626151
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(a) Except as provided by Section 1353.004, when a spouse is judicially declared to be incapacitated, the other spouse, in the capacity of surviving partner of the marital partnership, acquires full power to manage, control, and dispose of the entire community estate, including the part of the community estate that the incapacitated spouse legally has the power to manage in the absence of the incapacity, as community administrator without an administration.
(b) The spouse who is not incapacitated is presumed to be suitable and qualified to serve as community administrator.