Texas Estates Code

§ 123.002 — TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE

ES § 123.002Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 123. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Art. A. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON WILL

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A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:

(1)as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and

(2)the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.