{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-123.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 123.002","heading":"TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE.","body":"A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:\n(1) as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and\n(2) the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.\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 123. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","SUBCHAPTER A. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON WILL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.123.htm#123.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"e9c2c7ef0b9a797f5808625f9fcba23f1094df856b0afe28eba7af71a38ff4a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-123.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-123.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}