Sec. 121.052. REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES. A person who does not survive a decedent by 120 hours is considered to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of the homestead allowance, exempt property, and intestate succession, and the decedent's heirs are determined accordingly, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle C - Passage of Title and Distribution of Decedents' Property in General
Chapter 121 - Survival Requirements
Subchapter B. Survival Requirement for Intestate Succession and Certain Other Purposes
Section 121.051. Applicability of Subchapter
Section 121.052. Required Period of Survival for Intestate Succession and Certain Other Purposes
Section 121.053. Intestate Succession: Failure to Survive Presumed Under Certain Circumstances