Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ESTATES CODE |
Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY |
Subtitle F. WILLS |
Chapter 251. FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO WILLS |
Subchapter A. WILL FORMATION |
Sec. 251.002. INTERESTS THAT MAY PASS BY WILL; DISINHERITANCE
Latest version.
-
(a) Subject to limitations prescribed by law, a person competent to make a last will and testament may devise under the will and testament all the estate, right, title, and interest in property the person has at the time of the person's death.
(b) A person who makes a last will and testament may:
(1) disinherit an heir; and
(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.