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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a suit to contest the validity of a will admitted to |
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probate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 256.204, Estates Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 256.204. PERIOD FOR CONTEST. (a) After a will is |
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admitted to probate, an interested person may commence a suit to |
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contest the validity thereof not later than the first [second] |
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anniversary of the date the will was admitted to probate, except |
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that an interested person may commence a suit to cancel a will for |
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forgery or other fraud not later than the first [second] |
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anniversary of the date the forgery or fraud was discovered. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an incapacitated person |
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may commence the contest under that subsection on or before the |
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first [second] anniversary of the date the person's disabilities |
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are removed. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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256.204, Estates Code, apply only to a will admitted to probate on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A will admitted to probate |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date on which the will was admitted to probate, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |