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

Tex. Estates Code § 255.056: LIMITATION ON REDUCTION OF ESTATE PASSING TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  3. SUBTITLE F. WILLS
  4. CHAPTER 255. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILLS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD

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.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.29, eff. January 1, 2014.

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

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