Sec. 5.003. SALE OF COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD AFTER SPOUSE JUDICIALLY DECLARED INCAPACITATED. If the homestead is the community property of the spouses and one spouse has been judicially declared incapacitated by a court exercising original jurisdiction over guardianship and other matters under Title 3, Estates Code, the competent spouse may sell, convey, or encumber the homestead without the joinder of the other spouse.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997. Renumbered from Family Code Sec. 5.107 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 217, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.015, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship
Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities
Subchapter A. Sale of Homestead; General Rule
Section 5.001. Sale, Conveyance, or Encumbrance of Homestead
Section 5.002. Sale of Separate Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated
Section 5.003. Sale of Community Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated