Tex. Estates Code § 121.053
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 121.053, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 121.053.
Official statutory text
Sec. 121.053. 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.
(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.
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