Sec. 113.205. PAYMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNT. (a) A trust account may be paid, on request, to any trustee.
(b) Unless a financial institution has received written notice that a beneficiary has a vested interest not dependent on the beneficiary's surviving the trustee, payment may be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased trustee if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased trustee was the survivor of each other person named on the account as a trustee or beneficiary.
(c) Payment may be made, on request, to a beneficiary if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the beneficiary or beneficiaries survived all persons named as trustees.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle C - Passage of Title and Distribution of Decedents' Property in General
Chapter 113 - Multiple-Party Accounts
Subchapter E. Protection of Financial Institutions
Section 113.201. Applicability of Subchapter
Section 113.202. Payment of Multiple-Party Account
Section 113.203. Payment of Joint Account
Section 113.205. Payment of Trust Account
Section 113.206. Payment of Convenience Account
Section 113.207. Liability for Payment From Joint Account After Death
Section 113.208. Liability for Payment From Convenience Account