(a) In addition to the information required under Section 152.002, if emergency intervention is requested to obtain funds needed for the payment or reimbursement of a decedent's funeral and burial expenses, the application must also state whether there are or were any written instructions from the decedent relating to the type and manner of funeral or burial preferred by the decedent. The applicant shall:
(1) attach the instructions, if available, to the application; and
(2) fully comply, or must have fully complied, as appropriate, with the instructions.
(b) If written instructions do not exist, the applicant may not permit or have permitted the decedent's remains to be cremated unless the applicant obtains or obtained the court's permission to cremate the remains.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.