Your heirs-at-law are the persons who will receive your property under the Texas laws of
descent and distribution (sometimes also called the “laws of intestacy”). The Texas law of
descent and distribution provides who receives a decedent’s estate when the decedent dies
without a will or the decedent’s will does not completely designate to whom the decedent’s
property passes. Sometimes a trust will provide that the property goes to the grantor’s heirsat-law
if the named family members do not survive to receive the property. Determining your
heirs-at-law depends upon your family situation and the nature of your property (community
vs. separate, personal vs. real) at the time the determination is made.