Texas § ES.123.002 - TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE

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§ ES.123.002. TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE

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. SUBCHAPTER B. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON CERTAIN NONTESTAMENTARY TRANSFERS

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