Tex. Estates Code § 121.101
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 121.101, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 121.101. REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR DEVISEE.
Official statutory text
A devisee who does not survive the testator by 120 hours is treated as if the devisee predeceased the testator unless the testator's will contains some language that:
(1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or
(2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will.
(1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or
(2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will.
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