Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 549	House Author:  Dutton
Effective:  6-17-11	Senate Sponsor:  Uresti

            House Bill 549 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit a person who would otherwise have the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains from controlling the disposition of the remains if, in connection with the decedent's death, an indictment has been filed charging the person with a criminal homicide offense that involves family violence against the decedent.  The bill repeals a provision establishing the presumption, in the absence of evidence of a contrary intent, that a married woman directs that her name, as it appears on her grave marker, include the same last name she used at the time of her death.

            House Bill 549 amends the Texas Probate Code to make a conforming change.