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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 20:44:14+00:00

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Family Protections in Probate - Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, L.L.P.
A look at exemptions and allowances under the Texas Estates Code.
The purpose of this article is to detail protections available under the Texas Estates Code for members of the decedent’s family through exemptions and allowances. The surviving spouse, minor children, adult children living at home at the time of death of a parent, and incapacitated adult children all have, to varying degrees, a potentially valuable set of protections that can impact both the administration process and the distribution of the estate. These protections can be especially significant for a less moneyed surviving spouse.
Certain property must be set aside for use by family of the deceased. In an independent administration, it is the executor’s responsibility to set aside such property upon request. In a dependent administration, the responsibility falls to the court upon application by the individual seeking the exemption.
Tex. Est. Code § 102.004; National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Olson, 920 S.W.2d 458, 461 (Tex.App.—Austin 1996, no writ).
3. Butler v. Summers, 253 S.W.2d 418, 421 (1952).
4. Tex. Est. Code §§ 102.004, 353.051.
5. See id. §§ 102.005, 353.152.
6. Hill v. Hill, 623 S.W.2d 779, 781 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1981, writ ref’d n.r.e.).
7. Tex. Est. Code § 353.051(a)(2).
11. Barnett v. Barnett, 985 S.W.2d 520 (Tex. App.—Houston 1998), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 67 S.W.3d 107 (Tex. 2001).
12. Ward v. Braun, 417 S.W.2d 888 (Tex. Civ. App.—Corpus Christi 1967, no writ); Cooper v. Cooper, 168 S.W.2d 686 (Tex. Civ. App.—Galveston 1943).
13. Id.; Estate of Rhea, 257 S.W.3d 787 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2008, no writ.).
14. Tex. Est. Code §§ 353.055, 113.252.
17. Id. § 353.102; Estate of Wolfe, 268 S.W.3d 780 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2008, no. writ.).
18. Estate of Wolfe, 268 S.W.3d at 780-784.
19. Tex. Est. Code § 353.101.

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