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Tex. Est. Code § 122.001

DEFINITIONS

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

In this subchapter:

(1) "Beneficiary" includes a person who would have been entitled, if the person had not made a disclaimer, to receive property as a result of the death of another person:

(A) by inheritance;

(B) under a will;

(C) by an agreement between spouses for community property with a right of survivorship;

(D) by a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship;

(E) by a survivorship agreement, account, or interest in which the interest of the decedent passes to a surviving beneficiary;

(F) by an insurance, annuity, endowment, employment, deferred compensation, or other contract or arrangement;

(G) under a pension, profit sharing, thrift, stock bonus, life insurance, survivor income, incentive, or other plan or program providing retirement, welfare, or fringe benefits with respect to an employee or a self-employed individual;

(H) by a transfer on death deed;

(I) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 115.001, made for a motor vehicle; or

(J) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 116.001, made for a manufactured home.

(2) "Disclaim" and "disclaimer" have the meanings assigned by Section 240.002, Property Code.

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