Texas § 255.101 CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE.

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§ 255.101 — CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE.

Texas § 255.101

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 255.101 (2026).

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Sec. 255.101. CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE. Property that a testator gives to a person during the testator's lifetime is considered a satisfaction, either wholly or partly, of a devise to the person if:

(1)the testator's will provides for deduction of the lifetime gift from the devise;

(2)the testator declares in a contemporaneous writing that the lifetime gift is to be deducted from, or is in satisfaction of, the devise; or

(3)the devisee acknowledges in writing that the lifetime gift is in satisfaction of the devise.

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Sec. 255.101. CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE. Property that a testator gives to a person during the testator's lifetime is considered a satisfaction, either wholly or partly, of a devise to the person if:
(1) the testator's will provides for deduction of the lifetime gift from the devise;
(2) the testator declares in a contemporaneous writing that the lifetime gift is to be deducted from, or is in satisfaction of, the devise; or
(3) the devisee acknowledges in writing that the lifetime gift is in satisfaction of the devise.