Required Period of Survival For Devisee

Sec. 121.101. REQUIRED PERIOD OF SURVIVAL FOR DEVISEE. A devisee who does not survive the testator by 120 hours is treated as if the devisee predeceased the testator unless the testator's will contains some language that: (1) deals explicitly with simultaneous death or deaths in a common disaster; or (2) requires the devisee to survive the testator, or to survive the testator for a stated period, to take under the will. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.