Tex. Est. Code § 255.056 · Subchapter B. SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD
LIMITATION ON REDUCTION OF ESTATE PASSING TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a pretermitted child's other parent is not the surviving spouse of the testator, the portion of the testator's estate to which the pretermitted child is entitled under Section 255.053(a) or 255.054 may not reduce the portion of the testator's estate passing to the testator's surviving spouse by more than one-half.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.29, 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.255.htm
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