Sec. 141.008.  TRANSFER BY OBLIGOR.  (a)  Subject to Subsections (b) and (c), a person who is not subject to Section 141.006 or 141.007 and who holds property, including a benefit plan of a minor who does not have a guardian, or who owes a liquidated debt to a minor who does not have a guardian may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor under Section 141.010.
(b)  If a person who has the right to nominate a custodian under Section 141.004 has nominated a custodian under that section to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.
(c)  If a custodian has not been nominated under Section 141.004, or all persons nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, a transfer under this section may be made to an adult member of the minor's family or to a trust company unless the property exceeds $25,000 in value.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1043, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Property Code Sec. 8 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(72), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (H.B. 564), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 622 (S.B. 1202), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.