2021 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle E - Intestate Succession
Chapter 201 - Descent and Distribution
Subchapter B. Matters Affecting Inheritance
Section 201.061. Estate of Person Who Dies by Suicide

Universal Citation:
TX Est Code § 201.061 (2021)
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Sec. 201.061. ESTATE OF PERSON WHO DIES BY SUICIDE. The estate of a person who commits suicide descends or vests as if the person died a natural death.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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