{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 255.051","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"pretermitted child\" means a testator's child who is born or adopted:\n(1) during the testator's lifetime or after the testator's death; and\n(2) after the execution of the testator's will.\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 F. WILLS","CHAPTER 255. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILLS","SUBCHAPTER B. SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.255.htm#255.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"adda63b924d030d133dca2d18b561a02689325ffccda376ab810a4ec8b79a78c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}