Tex. Est. Code § 255.052 · Subchapter B. SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD
APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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
(2) outside the testator's will and is intended to take effect at the testator's death.
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.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.255.htm
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 254.001DEVISES TO TRUSTEES.Printed as Section 254.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 255.053SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD IF TESTATOR HAS LIVING CHILD AT WILL'S EXECUTION.Printed as Sections 255.053 and 255.054
- Tex. Est. Code § 255.054SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD IF TESTATOR HAS NO LIVING CHILD AT WILL'S EXECUTION.Printed as Sections 255.053 and 255.054
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