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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Property that a testator gives to a person during the testator's lifetime is considered a satisfaction, either wholly or partly, of a devise to the person if:
(1) the testator's will provides for deduction of the lifetime gift from the devise;
(2) the testator declares in a contemporaneous writing that the lifetime gift is to be deducted from, or is in satisfaction of, the devise; or
(3) the devisee acknowledges in writing that the lifetime gift is in satisfaction of the devise.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Estates Code - EST § 255.101. Certain Lifetime Gifts Considered Satisfaction of Devise - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/estates-code/est-sect-255-101/
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