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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.054(e), Estates Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) For purposes of this section: |
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(1) "Adopted [, "adopted] child" means a child: |
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(A) [(1)] adopted through an existing or former |
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statutory procedure; or |
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(B) [(2)] considered by a court to be equitably |
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adopted or adopted by acts of estoppel. |
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(2) "Adoptive parent" means a parent: |
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(A) who adopted a child through an existing or |
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former statutory procedure; or |
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(B) considered by a court to have equitably |
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adopted a child or adopted a child by acts of estoppel. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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201.054, Estates Code, applies only to the estate of a decedent who |
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dies on or after the effective date of this Act. The estate of a |
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decedent who dies before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date of the decedent's death, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |