Week of August 10, 2026

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In re Estate of Fuchsman, No. 02-25-00218-CV (Aug. 13, 2026) (Birdwell, J., joined by Kerr and Wallach, JJ.).

Held:  Under Sections 352.002 and 352.004 of the Texas Estates Code, when a probate court has authorized the sale of real property that includes the payment of a realtor’s or broker’s commission and otherwise finds that there has been no mismanagement or maladministration of the decedent’s estate, there is no basis for denying, reducing, or otherwise disallowing a statutory administrator’s commission on the cash proceeds that the estate receives from the sale. Thus, as a matter of law, the probate court abused its discretion by denying Appellant any statutory administrator’s commission on qualifying cash receipts due to the payment of real estate agent or brokerage commissions on the sales of real property owned by the Estate.