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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 1002.021

  • Child: includes an adopted child, regardless of whether the adoption occurred through:
    (1) an existing or former statutory procedure; or
    (2) an equitable adoption or acts of estoppel. See Texas Estates Code 22.004

“Next of kin” includes:
(1) an adopted child;
(2) an adopted child’s descendants; and
(3) the adoptive parent of an adopted child.