Section 355.103 - Priority of Certain Payments When a personal representative has estate funds in the representative's possession, the representative shall pay in the following order:
(1) funeral expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and expenses of the decedent's last illness in an amount not to exceed $15,000;(2) allowances made to the decedent's surviving spouse and children, or to either the surviving spouse or children;(3) expenses of administration and expenses incurred in preserving, safekeeping, and managing the estate; and(4) other claims against the estate in the order of the claims' classifications.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1141,Sec. 27, eff. 9/1/2019.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.