Tex. Est. Code § 121.101

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 121.101 - Required Period of Survival for Devisee

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.

Tex. Estates § 121.101

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2014.