{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 255.052","heading":"APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) Sections 255.053 and 255.054 apply only to a pretermitted child who is not:\n(1) mentioned in the testator's will;\n(2) provided for in the testator's will; or\n(3) otherwise provided for by the testator.\n(b) For purposes of this subchapter, a child is provided for or a provision is made for a child if a disposition of property to or for the benefit of the pretermitted child, whether vested or contingent, is made:\n(1) in the testator's will, including a devise to a trustee under Section 254.001; or\n(2) outside the testator's will and is intended to take effect at the testator's 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 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#255.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"08d100f8d8c28ef014590d40e0f3640f56c6e25c484bd4de9a2c884eb4b87b5f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}