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2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Chapter 1002 - Definitions
Section 1002.021. Next of Kin
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TX Est Code § 1002.021 (2025)
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Sec. 1002.021. NEXT OF KIN. "Next of kin" includes:
(1) an adopted child;
(2) an adopted child's descendants; and
(3) the adoptive parent of an adopted child.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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