Tex. Est. Code § 251.002 · Subchapter A. WILL FORMATION
INTERESTS THAT MAY PASS BY WILL; DISINHERITANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to limitations prescribed by law, a person competent to make a will may devise under the will all the estate, right, title, and interest in property the person has at the time of the person's death.
(b) A person who makes a will may:
(1) disinherit an heir; and
(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 844 (H.B. 2271), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.251.htm
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- 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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