Texas Estates Code
§ 201.001 — ESTATE OF AN INTESTATE NOT LEAVING SPOUSE
ES § 201.001Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 201. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION · Art. A. INTESTATE SUCCESSION
Statute text
View on source(a)If a person who dies intestate does not leave a spouse, the estate to which the person had title descends and passes in parcenary to the person's kindred in the order provided by this section.
(b)The person's estate descends and passes to the person's children and the children's descendants.
(c)If no child or child's descendant survives the person, the person's estate descends and passes in equal portions to the person's father and mother.
(d)If only the person's father or mother survives the person, the person's estate shall:
(1)be divided into two equal portions, with:
(A)one portion passing to the surviving parent; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.