{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 201.061","heading":"ESTATE OF PERSON WHO DIES BY SUICIDE.","body":"The estate of a person who commits suicide descends or vests as if the person died a natural death.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","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#201.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"2896abc457efb805ffdc4b5474e454913d40d4b72be0af532f506af406c18729","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-201.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}