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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 111.102

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
    (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
    (2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
    (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012
  • personal representative: include :
    (1) an executor and independent executor;
    (2) an administrator, independent administrator, and temporary administrator; and
    (3) a successor to an executor or administrator listed in Subdivision (1) or (2). See Texas Estates Code 22.031
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005

To the extent not prohibited by federal or other state law, a contracting third party shall, on request, provide to the personal representative of a deceased party’s estate all information the contracting third party would have provided to the deceased party as of the date of the deceased party’s death, if the deceased party had requested the information, without regard to whether the deceased party’s estate has an interest in the multiple-party account, the property subject to a possible nontestamentary transfer, or the insurance contract.