Sec. 201.061. ESTATE OF PERSON WHO DIES BY SUICIDE. The estate of a person who commits suicide descends or vests as if the person died a natural death.
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