Tex. Estates Code § 251.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 251.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 251.002. INTERESTS THAT MAY PASS BY WILL; DISINHERITANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to limitations prescribed by law, a person competent to make a will may devise under the will all the estate, right, title, and interest in property the person has at the time of the person's death.
(b) A person who makes a will may:
(1) disinherit an heir; and
(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
(b) A person who makes a will may:
(1) disinherit an heir; and
(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
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