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Texas Probate Code - Chapter II Descent And DistributionLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Probate Code > Texas Probate Code - Chapter II Descent And Distribution When a person dies, leaving a lawful will, all of his estate devised or bequeathed by such will, and all powers of appointment granted in ... Any person, or the guardian of an incapacitated person, the personal representative of a deceased person, or the guardian ad litem of an unborn or ... (a) A person entitled to receive property or an interest in property from a decedent under a will, by inheritance, or as a beneficiary under ... (a) Property given to a person by a testator during the testator's lifetime is considered a satisfaction, either wholly or partly, of a devise to ... (a) Intestate Leaving No Husband or Wife. Where any person, having title to any estate, real, personal or mixed, shall die intestate, leaving no husband ... There shall be no distinction in regulating the descent and distribution of the estate of a person dying intestate between property which may have been ... For purposes of inheritance under the laws of descent and distribution, an adopted child shall be regarded as the child of the parent or parents ... (a) Persons Not in Being. No right of inheritance shall accrue to any persons other than to children or lineal descendants of the intestate, unless ... (a) Maternal Inheritance. For the purpose of inheritance, a child is the child of his biological or adopted mother, so that he and his issue ... When the intestate's children, descendants, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, or any other relatives of the deceased standing in the first or same degree alone come ... (a) If a decedent dies intestate as to all or a portion of the decedent's estate, property the decedent gave during the decedent's lifetime to ... (a) On the intestate death of one of the spouses to a marriage, the community property estate of the deceased spouse passes to the surviving ... (a) If two or more persons hold an interest in property jointly, and one joint owner dies before severance, the interest of the decedent in ... (a) Survival of Heirs. A person who fails to survive the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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