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Tex. Est. Code § 1357.055

AUTHORIZING AND WITNESSING OF SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING AGREEMENT

Known as the Supported Decision-Making Agreement Act

The act spans §§ 1357–1357 (12 sections).

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 214 (H.B. 39), Sec. 23, eff

(a) A supported decision-making agreement must be signed voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence, by the adult with a disability and the supporter in the presence of two or more subscribing witnesses or a notary public.

(b) If signed before two witnesses, the attesting witnesses must be at least 14 years of age.

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