Texas Estates Code - EST § 112.252. Liabilities of Deceased Spouse Not Affected by Right of Survivorship

(a) Except as expressly provided by Section 112.251, the community property subject to the sole or joint management, control, and disposition of a spouse during marriage continues to be subject to the liabilities of that spouse on that spouse's death without regard to a right of survivorship in the surviving spouse under an agreement made in accordance with this chapter.

(b) The surviving spouse is liable to account to the deceased spouse's personal representative for property received by the surviving spouse under a right of survivorship to the extent necessary to discharge the deceased spouse's liabilities.

(c) A proceeding to assert a liability under Subsection (b):

(d) Property recovered by the deceased spouse's personal representative under this section shall be administered as part of the deceased spouse's estate.