Sec. 255.055. RATABLE RECOVERY BY PRETERMITTED CHILD FROM PORTIONS PASSING TO OTHER BENEFICIARIES. (a) A pretermitted child may recover the share of the testator's estate to which the child is entitled from the testator's other children under Section 255.053(b) or from the testamentary beneficiaries under Sections 255.053(a) and 255.054, other than the pretermitted child's other parent, ratably, out of the portions of the estate passing to those persons under the will.
(b) In abating the interests of the beneficiaries described by Subsection (a), the character of the testamentary plan adopted by the testator must be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
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
Chapter 255 - Construction and Interpretation of Wills
Subchapter B. Succession by Pretermitted Child
Section 255.052. Applicability and Construction
Section 255.053. Succession by Pretermitted Child if Testator Has Living Child at Will's Execution
Section 255.055. Ratable Recovery by Pretermitted Child From Portions Passing to Other Beneficiaries
Section 255.056. Limitation on Reduction of Estate Passing to Surviving Spouse