What is considered a Homestead in Texas?
A homestead in Texas is a place of residence for the family, where the independence and security of a home may be enjoyed, without danger of its loss or harassment and disturbance by reason of the improvidence or misfortune of a head or any other member of the family. It is a secure asylum of which creditors cannot deprive the family. Within its sanctuary, however urgent may be their demands, they cannot intrude. There is no formal procedure to create a homestead. The burden of establishing the property as homestead is on the party claiming the homestead protection. To establish the property as homestead, a claimant must show a combination of both (1) overt acts of homestead usage, and (2) an intention on his part to claim the property as his homestead. The mere act of using and enjoying the property as a home also qualifies for the protection of the Texas Constitution. To establish property as homestead, the claimant must intend the property to be his homestead. The intent can be esta
