{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 255.154","heading":"DEVISEE UNDER CLASS GIFT.","body":"For purposes of this subchapter, a person who would have been a devisee under a class gift if the person had survived the testator is treated as a devisee unless the person died before the date the will was executed.\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 D. FAILURE OF DEVISE; DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY TO DEVISEE WHO PREDECEASES TESTATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.255.htm#255.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"896b68858f0e73cf6d4580107e609e75aa257504af0857c89e5587f1366cc29c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-255.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}