Can I disinherit a child in Texas?
So Johnny has not been so nice to you here lately or perhaps you have a family member which you feel you have given all they deserve to get while you have been alive and have no intention in giving anything to them at your death.
In Texas, a person who is competent to make a will can provide in the will language to disinherit an heir. (2) In other words, Texas Law does not prohibit a person from specifically stating a person is not to take under a will.
Sec. 58. INTERESTS WHICH MAY PASS UNDER A WILL. (a) Every person competent to make a last will and testament may thereby devise and bequeath all the estate, right, title, and interest in property the person has at the time of the person’s death, subject to the limitations prescribed by law.
(b) A person who makes a last will and testament may:
(1) disinherit an heir; and
(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
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