{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Texas Agriculture Law","provider_url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw","author_name":"tiffany.dowell","title":"Texas Surviving Spouse Rights in Homestead Property - Texas Agriculture Law","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SziMsbOzyf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2026\/08\/17\/texas-surviving-spouse-rights-in-homestead-property\/\">Texas Surviving Spouse Rights in Homestead Property<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2026\/08\/17\/texas-surviving-spouse-rights-in-homestead-property\/embed\/#?secret=SziMsbOzyf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Texas Surviving Spouse Rights in Homestead Property&#8221; &#8212; Texas Agriculture Law\" data-secret=\"SziMsbOzyf\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/08\/reed-geiger-7jBmeXYdPM-unsplash-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":1707,"thumbnail_height":2560,"description":"How does Texas law treat a surviving spouse with regard to the homestead?\u00a0 The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals addressed this issue in\u00a0Murray v. Robinson. Background Christopher Murray and his wife, Florentina, owned 78 acres of land in Travis County, which they designated as their homestead.\u00a0 Florentina died intestate (without a will) in 1997.\u00a0 Christopher continued to live on the property and claimed it as his homestead.\u00a0 The next year, Florentina&#8217;s only child from a prior marriage, Veronica Robinson, filed an affidavit of heirship asserting an interest in... Read More &rarr;"}