When someone has a child after writing a will, the child is known as a pretermitted child. Texas has complicated provisions for what a pretermitted child inherits if there is no provision made for them in the will. Sometimes these provisions act in a manner that seems unlikely to be what the testator would have wanted. If the estate is taxable, the statute will almost always change the estate plan in a manner to make it less effective. For these reasons, attorneys are taught to always state what should happen to a pretermitted child. Often, the best way to do this is so obvious, there is no need to really discuss it with the client. For instance,