Tex. Est. Code Section 255.052
Applicability and Construction

(a)

Sections 255.053 (Succession by Pretermitted Child if Testator Has Living Child at Will’s Execution) and 255.054 (Succession by Pretermitted Child if Testator Has No Living Child at Will’s Execution) apply only to a pretermitted child who is not:

(1)

mentioned in the testator’s will;

(2)

provided for in the testator’s will; or

(3)

otherwise provided for by the testator.

(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:

(1)

in the testator’s will, including a devise to a trustee under Section 254.001 (Devises to Trustees); or

(2)

outside the testator’s will and is intended to take effect at the testator’s death.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 255.052 — Applicability and Construction, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­255.­htm#255.­052 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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