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Tex. Est. Code § 101.002

EFFECT OF JOINT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff

If two or more persons hold an interest in property jointly and one joint owner dies before severance, the interest of the decedent in the joint estate:

(1) does not survive to the remaining joint owner or owners; and

(2) passes by will or intestacy from the decedent as if the decedent's interest had been severed.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.