Texas Property Code

§ 23A.002 — DEFINITIONS

PR § 23A.002Title 4. ACTIONS AND REMEDIES · Ch. 23A. UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS' PROPERTY ACT

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Ascendant" means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual.

(2)"Collateral" means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this state but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant.

(3)"Descendant" means an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual.

(4)"Determination of value" means a court order determining the fair market value of heirs' property under Section 23A.006 or 23A.010 or adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants.

(5)"Heirs' property" means real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all of the following requirements as of the filing of a partition action:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 297 (S.B. 499), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.