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Texas Estates Code - EST § 201.053. Effect of Reliance on Affidavit of Heirship

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person who purchases for valuable consideration any interest in property of the heirs of a decedent acquires good title to the interest that the person would have received, as purchaser, in the absence of a claim of the child described by Subdivision (1), if the person:

(1) in good faith relies on the declarations in an affidavit of heirship that does not include a child who at the time of the sale or contract of sale of the property:

(A) is not a presumed child of the decedent;  and

(B) has not under a final court decree or judgment been found to be entitled to treatment under Section 201.052 as a child of the decedent;  and

(2) is without knowledge of the claim of the child described by Subdivision (1).

(b) Subsection (a) does not affect any liability of the heirs for the proceeds of a sale described by Subsection (a) to the child who was not included in the affidavit of heirship.

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