Texas Estates Code

§ 201.062 — TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS

ES § 201.062Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION · Ch. 201. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION · Art. B. MATTERS AFFECTING INHERITANCE

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(a)A probate court may enter an order declaring that the parent of a child under 18 years of age may not inherit from or through the child under the laws of descent and distribution if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent has:

(1)voluntarily abandoned and failed to support the child in accordance with the parent's obligation or ability for at least three years before the date of the child's death, and did not resume support for the child before that date;

(2)voluntarily and with knowledge of the pregnancy:

(A)abandoned the child's mother beginning at a time during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the birth;

(B)failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the mother during the period of abandonment before the child's birth; and

(C)remained apart from and failed to support the child since birth; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 830 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.