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The guardian of the person must file the bond and oath or declaration within 20 days of the appointing order (the qualification date), explain the Ward's Bill of Rights (Estates Code § 1151.351, attached) to the ward in the ward's language or preferred mode of communication on appointment and at each annual renewal, file the sworn Annual Report of the Condition, Welfare and Well-Being of the Ward within 60 days after each anniversary of qualification (show cause, revocation, removal or a fine up to $1,000 otherwise; form on the court's Orders & Forms page), account to the Social Security Administration for any benefits received, preserve and insure the ward's assets, file the final report when the guardianship closes on the ward's death or restoration, and consult counsel; signed and filed by the guardian.
Applies to fiduciaries appointed by Bexar County Probate Court No. 3 (Judge Barbie Scharf-Zeldes), who must sign the instructions and file them with the clerk; not registered on TOPICs — posted on the court's Orders & Forms page. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
CAUSE NO. _____________________________ IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF § IN THE PROBATE COURT § ________________________________, § NO. 3 § AN INCAPACITATED PERSON/ MINOR CHILD § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS COURT INSTRUCTIONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OF AN INCAPACITATED ADULT OR MINOR As the duly appointed Guardian of the Person, you are hereby advised by the Court that you must comply with the following sta
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (native text layer read in full). Issued over the judge's signature block, so judge-joined. The cash-reconciliation worksheet attached to the instructions is described, not reproduced.
G-2026-045-SC required anyone using generative AI to disclose it on the face of the filing and add a scripted certification, on pain of striking, denial of relief or monetary penalties. Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 preempted it on June 15, 2026, so it could not be enforced — and by August 16, 2026 the Seventh Circuit had removed the order from its published register (no rescission instrument appears there). BenchPath holds the hashed capture as the historical record.
3 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in ANDREW L. SIEGEL's division.
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