Tex. Est. Code Section 255.054
Succession by Pretermitted Child if Testator Has No Living Child at Will’s Execution


If a testator has no child living when the testator executes the testator’s last will, a pretermitted child succeeds to the portion of the testator’s separate and community estate, other than any portion of the estate devised to the pretermitted child’s other parent, to which the pretermitted child would have been entitled under Section 201.001 (Estate of an Intestate Not Leaving Spouse) if the testator had died intestate without a surviving spouse, except as limited by Section 255.056 (Limitation on Reduction of Estate Passing to Surviving Spouse).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.28, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 255.054 — Succession by Pretermitted Child if Testator Has No Living Child at Will's Execution, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­255.­htm#255.­054 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 255.054’s source at texas​.gov