Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ESTATES CODE |
Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
Subtitle C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL |
Chapter 121. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS |
Subchapter C. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES |
Sec. 121.101. REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR DEVISEE
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A devisee who does not survive the testator by 120 hours is treated as if the devisee predeceased the testator unless the testator's will contains some language that:
(1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or
(2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.