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Tex. Est. Code § 1023.003

TRANSFER OF GUARDIANSHIP TO ANOTHER COUNTY

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case in Re the Guardianship of the Person and Estate of Ryan Keith Tonner, an Incapacitated Person (2016)

Most recently applied in in Re the Guardianship of the Person and Estate of Ryan Keith Tonner, an Incapacitated Person (December 2016)

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.015(a), eff

(a) When a guardian or any other person desires to transfer the transaction of the business of the guardianship from one county to another, the person shall file a written application in the court in which the guardianship is pending stating the reason for the transfer.

(b) With notice as provided by Section 1023.004, the court in which a guardianship is pending, on the court's own motion, may transfer the transaction of the business of the guardianship to another county if the ward resides in the county to which the guardianship is to be transferred.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.