H.B. No. 4765
AN ACT
relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.054(e), Estates Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Adopted [, "adopted] child" means a child:
(A) [(1)] adopted through an existing or former
statutory procedure; or
(B) [(2)] considered by a court to be equitably
adopted or adopted by acts of estoppel.
(2) "Adoptive parent" means a parent:
(A) who adopted a child through an existing or
former statutory procedure; or
(B) considered by a court to have equitably
adopted a child or adopted a child by acts of estoppel.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
201.054, Estates Code, applies only to the estate of a decedent who
dies on or after the effective date of this Act. The estate of a
decedent who dies before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date of the decedent's death, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4765 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4765 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor