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| 1 | 1 | 84R8452 CLG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2274 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a suit to contest the validity of a will admitted to | |
| 8 | 8 | probate. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 256.204, Estates Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 256.204. PERIOD FOR CONTEST. (a) After a will is | |
| 13 | 13 | admitted to probate, an interested person may commence a suit to | |
| 14 | 14 | contest the validity thereof not later than the first [second] | |
| 15 | 15 | anniversary of the date the will was admitted to probate, except | |
| 16 | 16 | that an interested person may commence a suit to cancel a will for | |
| 17 | 17 | forgery or other fraud not later than the first [second] | |
| 18 | 18 | anniversary of the date the forgery or fraud was discovered. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an incapacitated person | |
| 20 | 20 | may commence the contest under that subsection on or before the | |
| 21 | 21 | first [second] anniversary of the date the person's disabilities | |
| 22 | 22 | are removed. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 24 | 24 | 256.204, Estates Code, apply only to a will admitted to probate on | |
| 25 | 25 | or after the effective date of this Act. A will admitted to probate | |
| 26 | 26 | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | |
| 27 | 27 | effect on the date on which the will was admitted to probate, and | |
| 28 | 28 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |