Texas Statutes

§ 255.154 — DEVISEE UNDER CLASS GIFT.

Texas § 255.154

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 255.154 (2026).

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Sec. 255.154. DEVISEE UNDER CLASS GIFT. For purposes of this subchapter, a person who would have been a devisee under a class gift if the person had survived the testator is treated as a devisee unless the person died before the date the will was executed.
SUBCHAPTER F. DEVISE OF SECURITIES

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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.

Nearby Sections

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§ 255.001

§ 255.002

CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY EXCLUDED FROM DEVISE OF REAL PROPERTY.

§ 255.003

CONTENTS EXCLUDED FROM LEGACY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

§ 255.051

§ 255.052

APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.

§ 255.053

SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD IF TESTATOR HAS LIVING CHILD AT WILL'S EXECUTION.

§ 255.054

SUCCESSION BY PRETERMITTED CHILD IF TESTATOR HAS NO LIVING CHILD AT WILL'S EXECUTION.

§ 255.055

RATABLE RECOVERY BY PRETERMITTED CHILD FROM PORTIONS PASSING TO OTHER BENEFICIARIES.

§ 255.056

LIMITATION ON REDUCTION OF ESTATE PASSING TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.

§ 255.101

CERTAIN LIFETIME GIFTS CONSIDERED SATISFACTION OF DEVISE.

§ 255.102

VALUATION OF PROPERTY.

§ 255.151

APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.

§ 255.152

FAILURE OF DEVISE; EFFECT ON RESIDUARY ESTATE.

§ 255.153

DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN DEVISEES WHO PREDECEASE TESTATOR.

§ 255.154

DEVISEE UNDER CLASS GIFT.

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