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In Texas Probate Law, is it legal for the will of a parent of an adopted child to state that the parent is leaving nothing for the adopted child as they have received their share of the estate while the parent was alive without listing what the child has or has not received?
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Hello,Thank you for using JA. Yes, in TX a parent is under no legal obligation to make provisions in their will for a child, biological or adopted, if they choose not to. The intent to disinherit a child should be clearly stated in the will. Although the reason for disinheriting is not mandatory, it is typically a good idea so there is no doubt it was intentional. But there is no requirement that the parent specifically list anything they have given the child over their lifetime..
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So essentially what you are saying is that the law makes it legal for a parent of an adopted child an orphan abandon them even in their death. Makes me wonder the motives of why anyone would adopt a child if their intent was to abandon them in the end. I understand that you do not write the laws, and that you just interpret them to help people like myself understand them better. But wow... just utterly amazing. I do however feel that I was essentially stricken from his will due to the influence of my sister, of whom has become the sole beneficiary of my fathers estate.
Unfortunately yes. I can't even begin to say I understand how a parent could disinherit a child who had done nothing to the parent, but people often do incomprehensible things..I wish I had better news..
I wish I had the ability of telling you this whole story. Because trust me, if Hollywood ever got a hold of this story I would have to say the movie Mommy Dearest would look like Child's Play out in a sandbox. The story I have that surrounds this, would make your head spin, would make a lot of peoples heads spin because it has made mine spin many times and for many years. Being left out of my dads will just puts another nail into coffin so to speak as I question myself as to why I continue to carry his name. The emotional duress, the mental torture, the physical abuse of which I went thru, of which I escaped early in life. I was stripped from my natural family, and according to my biological father essentially kidnapped at age 2. Anyways... I thank you for your input, I at least now know that I have taken the final emotional ride by my adopted family and its been done legally got to love those Good Old Boys and their self serving laws down in Texas.... just another reason why I left there and never had any desire to call it home again.