Sec. 201.058. CONVICTED PERSONS. (a) No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate except as provided by Subsection (b).
(b) If a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or contract is convicted and sentenced as a principal or accomplice in wilfully bringing about the death of the insured, the proceeds of the insurance policy or contract shall be paid in the manner provided by the Insurance Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle E - Intestate Succession
Chapter 201 - Descent and Distribution
Subchapter B. Matters Affecting Inheritance
Section 201.051. Maternal Inheritance
Section 201.052. Paternal Inheritance
Section 201.053. Effect of Reliance on Affidavit of Heirship
Section 201.054. Adopted Child
Section 201.055. Issue of Void or Voidable Marriage
Section 201.056. Persons Not in Being
Section 201.057. Collateral Kindred of Whole and Half Blood
Section 201.058. Convicted Persons
Section 201.059. Person Who Dies by Casualty
Section 201.061. Estate of Person Who Dies by Suicide
Section 201.062. Treatment of Certain Parent-Child Relationships