Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1176 amends provisions of the Texas Probate Code relating to execution and revocation of wills to provide that a devise or bequest of property to an attorney who prepared or supervised the preparation of the will, or to an heir or employee of the attorney, is void. The act provides that this provision does not apply to a bequest made to a person who is related within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to the testator, nor to a bona fide purchaser for value from a devisee in a will.