Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ESTATES CODE |
Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
Subtitle E. INTESTATE SUCCESSION |
Chapter 204. GENETIC TESTING IN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP |
Subchapter D. USE OF RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP |
Sec. 204.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER
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This subchapter applies in a proceeding to declare heirship of a decedent only with respect to an individual who:
(1) petitions the court for a determination of right of inheritance as authorized by Section 201.052(c); and
(2) claims:
(A) to be a biological child of the decedent, but with respect to whom a parent-child relationship with the decedent was not established as provided by Section 160.201, Family Code; or
(B) to inherit through a biological child of the decedent, if a parent-child relationship between the individual through whom the inheritance is claimed and the decedent was not established as provided by Section 160.201, Family Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.