"Next of kin" includes:
(1) an adopted child;
(2) an adopted child's descendants; and
(3) the adoptive parent of an adopted child.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Estates Code › Title 3 › Chapter 1002
Texas Estates Code § 1002.021
Next of Kin
Definitions
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.