{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 121.151","heading":"DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY.","body":"(a) This section applies to community property, including the proceeds of life or accident insurance that are community property and become payable to the estate of either the husband or wife.\n(b) If a husband and wife die leaving community property but neither survives the other by 120 hours, one-half of all community property shall be distributed as if the husband had survived, and the other one-half shall be distributed as if the wife had survived.\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 D. DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ON PERSON'S FAILURE TO SURVIVE FOR REQUIRED PERIOD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.121.htm#121.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"2e57536bb5bf5b0ad89b802b920ec8c2e137cd303deeb26e5ea2ebba41ed69cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-121.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}