Sec. 16.022. EFFECT OF DISABILITY. (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is: (1) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married; (2) of unsound mind; or (3) serving in the United States Armed Forces during time of war. (b) If a person entitled to sue for the recovery of real property or entitled to make a defense based on the title to real property is under a legal disability at the time title to the property vests or adverse possession commences, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period. (c) Except as provided by Sections 16.027 and 16.028 , after the termination of the legal disability, a person has the same time to present a claim that is allowed to others under this chapter.
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