Tex. Est. Code § 1002.021 · Chapter 1002. DEFINITIONS
NEXT OF KIN.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
"Next of kin" includes:
(1) an adopted child;
(2) an adopted child's descendants; and
(3) the adoptive parent of an adopted child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1002.htm
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- sha256 0ee20ac084087ab7804432dd51e9f2b662bcd2a392883aaf0f4b132b3ed350ef
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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