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House Bill 2248 |
House Author: Wray |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Rodríguez |
House Bill 2248 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide for the revocation of the designation of a decedent's spouse as an agent or successor agent in a written instrument regarding the disposition of the decedent's remains when the marriage of the decedent and the spouse is annulled or declared void before the decedent's death. The bill also changes the type of court that serves as the venue for obtaining permission to remove remains and clarifies that a dispute concerning the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains is resolved by a court with jurisdiction over probate proceedings for the decedent regardless of whether a probate proceeding has been initiated.