84R8452 CLG-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2274
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a suit to contest the validity of a will admitted to
probate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 256.204, Estates Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 256.204. PERIOD FOR CONTEST. (a) After a will is
admitted to probate, an interested person may commence a suit to
contest the validity thereof not later than the first [second]
anniversary of the date the will was admitted to probate, except
that an interested person may commence a suit to cancel a will for
forgery or other fraud not later than the first [second]
anniversary of the date the forgery or fraud was discovered.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an incapacitated person
may commence the contest under that subsection on or before the
first [second] anniversary of the date the person's disabilities
are removed.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
256.204, Estates Code, apply only to a will admitted to probate on
or after the effective date of this Act. A will admitted to probate
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date on which the will was admitted to probate, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.