It was the wrong thread

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
I'm trying to remember way back in Family Law, but I thought that in Texas, the wife gets half no matter if she's in the will or not?

What a shit law school you were in. Even if that correctly states Texas law, you have to know the steps to avoid application of that rule, through some combination of trusts, asset transfers and such. There's always a way around the rule.