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Tex. Prop. Code § 112.002 (2026)

Intention To Create Trust

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Sec. 112.002. INTENTION TO CREATE TRUST. A trust is created only if the settlor manifests an intention to create a trust.

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1998–2015 · leading case: Cash Am. Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Fox (In Re Fox), 370 B.R. 104 (6th Cir. BAP 2007).
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Cash Am. Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Fox (In Re Fox), 370 B.R. 104 (6th Cir. BAP 2007). · cites it 2× “2000) (quoting Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995)).”
Jones v. Blume, 196 S.W.3d 440 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2006). “” Tex. PROp.Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995).”
Barrientos v. Nava, 94 S.W.3d 270 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2002). “See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.002 (“A trust is created only if the settlor manifests an intention to create a trust.”
Chapman Child.'s Trust v. Porter & Hedges, L.L.P., 32 S.W.3d 429 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2000). “” Tex.PRop.Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995).”
Winn v. Holdaway (In Re Holdaway), 388 B.R. 767 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2008). “(citing Tex. Prop.Code § 112.002 (Vernon 1995)). In Texas, a fiduciary is a “person owing a duty of integrity and fidelity .”
In Re the Est. of Berger, 174 S.W.3d 845 (Tex. App.—Waco 2005). “” Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995); accord Hubbard, 138 S.”
Filipp v. Till, 230 S.W.3d 197 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006). “” Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995).”
Tomlinson v. Tomlinson, 960 S.W.2d 337 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1998). “004(12) (Vernon 1995); see also Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 121.052(a) (Vernon 1995) (“Payment of Death Benefit to Trustee”).”
Marshall v. Marshall (In re Marshall), 392 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2004). “2002) (citing Tex. PROP. Code § 112.002). Texas courts have consistently refused to allow a litigant to sue in tort for interference with the expectancy of an inheritance where the decedent’s will is upheld in probate court.”
Ian Hurwitz & Robert S. Pickelner v. David Adler, No. 01-03-01050-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 28, 2007). “] 1988, no writ); see Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 2007) ("A trust is created only if the settlor manifests an intention to create a trust.”
In re: Robert Fox v., No. 06-8043 (6th Cir. BAP June 13, 2007). “2000) (quoting Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.002 (Vernon 1995)).”
Presbytery of New Covenant, Inc. v. First Presbyterian Church of Houston, No. 14-15-00178-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Sept. 23, 2015). “”); see TEX. PROP. CODE § 112.002 (same); see also Fitz-Gerald v.”
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