Texas Estates Code

§ 122.001 — DEFINITIONS

ES § 122.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 122. DISCLAIMERS AND ASSIGNMENTS · Art. A. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST OR POWER

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Beneficiary" includes a person who would have been entitled, if the person had not made a disclaimer, to receive property as a result of the death of another person:

(A)by inheritance;

(B)under a will;

(C)by an agreement between spouses for community property with a right of survivorship;

(D)by a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (H.B. 2428), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (S.B. 462), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 865 (S.B. 1940), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.