Tex. Estates Code § 101.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 101.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 101.002. EFFECT OF JOINT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
If two or more persons hold an interest in property jointly and one joint owner dies before severance, the interest of the decedent in the joint estate:
(1) does not survive to the remaining joint owner or owners; and
(2) passes by will or intestacy from the decedent as if the decedent's interest had been severed.
(1) does not survive to the remaining joint owner or owners; and
(2) passes by will or intestacy from the decedent as if the decedent's interest had been severed.
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