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 123. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE |
Subchapter A. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON WILL |
Sec. 123.002. TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE
Latest version.
-
A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:
(1) as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and
(2) the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.