Texas Statutes
§ 255.151 — APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Texas § 255.151
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Bluebook
Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 255.151 (2026).
Text
Sec. 255.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies unless the testator's will provides otherwise. For example, a devise in the testator's will stating "to my surviving children" or "to such of my children as shall survive me" prevents the application of Sections 255.153 and 255.154 .
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 844 (H.B. 2271 ), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2017.
Nearby Sections
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§ 255.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 255.051
DEFINITION.§ 255.052
APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.§ 255.102
VALUATION OF PROPERTY.§ 255.151
APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.§ 255.154
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 255.151, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/ES/255.151.