{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 201.051","heading":"MATERNAL INHERITANCE.","body":"(a) For purposes of inheritance, a child is the child of the child's biological or adopted mother, and the child and the child's issue shall inherit from the child's mother and the child's maternal kindred, both descendants, ascendants, and collateral kindred in all degrees, and they may inherit from the child and the child's issue. However, if a child has intended parents, as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code, under a gestational agreement validated under Subchapter I, Chapter 160, Family Code, the child is the child of the intended mother and not the biological mother or gestational mother unless the biological mother is also the intended mother.\n(b) This section does not permit inheritance by a child for whom no right of inheritance accrues under Section 201.056 or by the child's issue.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 11, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION","CHAPTER 201. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION","SUBCHAPTER B. MATTERS AFFECTING INHERITANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.201.htm#201.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"55855fb886cabc82fd6c0a96ddc7b54152be6f8acc983b30f605c5805a1ec17b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}