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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 121.101: REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR DEVISEE.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  3. SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL
  4. CHAPTER 121. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES

A devisee who does not survive the testator by 120 hours is treated as if the devisee predeceased the testator unless the testator's will contains some language that:

(1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or

(2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:08Z. Source file · JSON

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