Except as provided by Section 255.302, a specific devise passes to the devisee subject to each debt secured by the property that exists on the date of the testator's death, and the devisee is not entitled to exoneration from the testator's estate for payment of the debt.
Tex. Est. Code § 255.301
NO RIGHT TO EXONERATION OF DEBTS
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case in the Estate Of: Rebecca Lynn Heider (2016)
Most recently applied in in the Estate Of: Rebecca Lynn Heider (June 2016)
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.