Tex. Est. Code § 201.058 · Subchapter B. MATTERS AFFECTING INHERITANCE
CONVICTED PERSONS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate except as provided by Subsection (b).
(b) If a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or contract is convicted and sentenced as a principal or accomplice in wilfully bringing about the death of the insured, the proceeds of the insurance policy or contract shall be paid in the manner provided by the Insurance Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.201.htm
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