Texas Estates Code 205.009 – Construction of Certain References
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 205.009
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
(1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
(2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
(3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012 - Exempt property: means the property in a decedent's estate that is exempt from execution or forced sale by the constitution or laws of this state, and any allowance paid instead of that property. See Texas Estates Code 22.013
A reference in this chapter to “homestead” or “exempt property” means only a homestead or other exempt property that would be eligible to be set aside under Section 353.051 if the decedent‘s estate was being administered.