If a spouse dies intestate and the community property passes to the surviving spouse, no administration of the community property is necessary.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Estates Code › Title 2 › Chapter 453
Texas Estates Code § 453.002
Administration of Community Property Not Necessary
Administration of Community Property
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.