Sec. 123.002. TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE. A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:
(1) as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and
(2) the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.
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 123 - Dissolution of Marriage
Subchapter A. Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Will
Section 123.001. Will Provisions Made Before Dissolution of Marriage