Texas § ES.121.053 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION
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§ ES.121.053. INTESTATE SUCCESSION
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. SUBCHAPTER C. SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES
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