Texas § ES.1353.002 - SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR
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§ ES.1353.002. SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR
SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR. (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. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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Section ES.1353.002 ("SPOUSE AS COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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