Texas Estates Code

§ 255.052 — APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION

ES § 255.052Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part F. WILLS · Ch. 255. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILLS · Art. B. SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD

Statute text

View on source

(a)Sections 255.053 and 255.054 apply only to a pretermitted child who is not:

(1)mentioned in the testator's will;

(2)provided for in the testator's will; or

(3)otherwise provided for by the testator.

(b)For purposes of this subchapter, a child is provided for or a provision is made for a child if a disposition of property to or for the benefit of the pretermitted child, whether vested or contingent, is made:

(1)in the testator's will, including a devise to a trustee under Section 254.001; or

…

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.