Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
PROBATE CODE |
Chapter VIII. PROCEEDINGS DURING ADMINISTRATION |
Part 3. SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND OTHER EXEMPT PROPERTY, AND FIXING THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE |
Sec. 284. WHEN HOMESTEAD NOT PARTITIONED
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The homestead shall not be partitioned among the heirs of the deceased during the lifetime of the surviving spouse, or so long as the survivor elects to use or occupy the same as a homestead, or so long as the guardian of the minor children of the deceased is permitted, under the order of the proper court having jurisdiction, to use and occupy the same.
Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 37, ch. 24, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.