Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided May 30, 2008Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas Post Office Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Re: Constitutionality of section 41(e)(3) of the Probate Code, which permits a probate court to declare that a parent may not inherit from his own child if the parent has been convicted of one of several crimes against a child (RQ-0649-GA)
Dear Governor Perry:
You ask about an enactment by the Eightieth Legislature providing that a probate court may declare that a parent may not inherit from his own child if the parent "has been convicted or has been placed on community supervision . . . for being…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Austin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- City of Beaumont v. BouillionTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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