Sec. 121.053. INTESTATE SUCCESSION: FAILURE TO SURVIVE PRESUMED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. A person who, if the person survived a decedent by 120 hours, would be the decedent's heir is considered not to have survived the decedent for the required period if:
(1) the time of death of the decedent or of the person, or the times of death of both, cannot be determined; and
(2) the person's survival for the required period after the decedent's death cannot be established.
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