It depends upon your current Will. How and when it was drafted. Wills can be simple or extremely complicated. However, in Texas, if you had a Will drafted and were subsequently divorced, then your former spouse will be treated as if they pre-deceased you.
Texas Estates Code: Sec. 123.002. TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE. A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:
(1) as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and
(2) the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.
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