{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 121.101","heading":"REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR DEVISEE.","body":"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:\n(1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or\n(2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 121. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS","SUBCHAPTER C. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.121.htm#121.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"ff3c7d1b44f513d112639417ec7e9d5cf34773ace3df473db0a74018faebd46b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}