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Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051 (2026)

Revocation, Modification, Or Amendment By Settlor

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Sec. 112.051. REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR AMENDMENT BY SETTLOR. (a) A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.

(b) The settlor may modify or amend a trust that is revocable, but the settlor may not enlarge the duties of the trustee without the trustee's express consent.

(c) If the trust was created by a written instrument, a revocation, modification, or amendment of the trust must be in writing.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Masterson v. Diocese of Nw. Texas, 422 S.W.3d 594 (Tex. 2013).
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Masterson v. Diocese of Nw. Texas, 422 S.W.3d 594 (Tex. 2013). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051 (“A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.”
Moon v. Lesikar, 230 S.W.3d 800 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “” Tex. PROP. Code Ann. § 112.051 (c) (Vernon 2007); see also Runyan v.”
Antonio M. Vela, Jr v. GRC Land Holdings, Ltd., 383 S.W.3d 248 (Tex. App. 2012). · cites it 3× “” See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.051 (a) (West 2007); see also Moon v.”
Ayers v. Mitchell, 167 S.W.3d 924 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a) (Vernon 1995).”
Jinkins v. Jinkins, 522 S.W.3d 771 (Tex. App. 2017). “While a will is generally revocable at any time before the testator’s death, the law governing the revocation of a trust is different. A settlor may revoke a trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.”
Starcrest Trust v. Berry, 926 S.W.2d 343 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a), (c) (West 1995).”
the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018). “Laws at 3659 (current version at Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.051 ); see also Ayers v.”
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v. Episcopal Church, 422 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. 2013). “There we said that even assuming a trust was created as to parish property by the Dennis Canon and the bylaws and actions of a parish non-profit corporation holding title to the property, the Dennis Canon “simply does not contain language making the trust expressly irrevocable .”
Benavides v. Mathis, 433 S.W.3d 59 (Tex. App. 2014). “-Houston (Galveston) 1960, writ dism’d) (holding express use of word “irrevocably” in granting clause legally sufficient to make trust agreement irrevocable); see also Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.051 (a) (West 2007) (“A settlor may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the…”
Wils v. Robinson, 934 S.W.2d 774 (Tex. App. 1996). “054(a)(2) of the Texas Property (Trust) Code. A settlor may terminate a trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms of the instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying it.”
In Re White Intervivos Trusts, 248 S.W.3d 340 (Tex. App. 2007). “” Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a) (Vernon 2007).”
Isbell v. Williams, 705 S.W.2d 252 (Tex. App. 1986). “576, § 6, and now included in Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051 (Vernon 1984).”
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— Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051(a) — 5 cases
Ayers v. Mitchell, 167 S.W.3d 924 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a) (Vernon 1995).”
Starcrest Trust v. Berry, 926 S.W.2d 343 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a), (c) (West 1995).”
In Re White Intervivos Trusts, 248 S.W.3d 340 (Tex. App. 2007). “” Tex. Prop.Code Ann. § 112.051(a) (Vernon 2007).”
Leticia R. Benavides v. Shirley Hale Mathis, as Temp. Guardian of the Est. of Carlos Y. Benavides, Jr., Carlos Y. Benavides III, Tomas Benavides & Ana B. Galo, as Co-Trs. of the Benavides Fam. Mineral Trust (Tex. App. 2014).
Presbytery of New Covenant, Inc. v. First Presbyterian Church of Houston (Tex. App. 2015).
— Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051(b) — 1 case
Antonio M. Vela, Jr v. GRC Land Holdings, Ltd., 383 S.W.3d 248 (Tex. App. 2012). “” See Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 112.051 (a) (West 2007); see also Moon v.”
— Tex. Prop. Code § 112.051(c) — 1 case
Moon v. Lesikar, 230 S.W.3d 800 (Tex. App. 2007). “” Tex. PROP. Code Ann. § 112.051 (c) (Vernon 2007); see also Runyan v.”
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