{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 201.056","heading":"PERSONS NOT IN BEING.","body":"No right of inheritance accrues to any person unless the person is born before, or is in gestation at, the time of the intestate's death and survives for at least 120 hours. A person is:\n(1) considered to be in gestation at the time of the intestate's death if insemination or implantation occurs at or before the time of the intestate's death; and\n(2) presumed to be in gestation at the time of the intestate's death if the person is born before the 301st day after the date of the intestate's death.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 8, 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#201.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"b98b9c0c13c51195e30d1937bdc632acc357e6b5ca591b20aa189a3cc8270e0d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}