"Next of kin" includes:
(1) an adopted child or the adopted child's descendants; and
(2) the adoptive parent of the adopted child.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Estates Code › Title 1 › Chapter 22
Texas Estates Code § 22.026
Next of Kin
Definitions
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.