According to the Texas Probate Code, adopted children have inheritance rights when their parents die intestate. An intestate parent is one who dies without a valid will. An adopted child has the same intestacy rights of inheritance as a natural or biological child. The Texas Probate Code sets forth the rules of succession to determine which heirs are entitled to receive an inheritance when a Texas resident dies without a valid will. Pursuant to the Texas Probate Code, an adopted child has a … [Read more...] about Adopted Children and the Texas Probate Code

According to the Texas Probate Code, stepchildren have few rights to inherit from their stepparents if they die without valid wills. A person who dies without a will is an intestate. An intestate’s heirs have a right of succession as determined by the Texas Probate Code. A stepchild does not have a right to either of his stepparent’s intestate property under the Texas Probate Code because the state does not consider him a legal relative. This is true even when a stepparent has a very close … [Read more...] about The Texas Probate Code and Stepchildren

According to the Texas Probate Code, half-blood children have half the rights to an inheritance than children of the whole-blood. A half-blood child shares only one natural parent as the rest of his siblings. Thus, when a decedent dies intestate leaving a half-blood sibling and whole-blood sibling, the surviving whole-blood sibling has a full intestacy right to his estate as predetermined by the Texas Probate Code. However, his half-blood sibling only has a right to half that right. An … [Read more...] about The Texas Probate Code and After-Born Children and Half-Blood Children