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Before an attorney may set a guardianship application for hearing every item must be complete: the four-hour ad litem training registered with the State Bar; an application title matching the relief; a sworn application meeting Estates Code § 1101.001 (identity data, the CPRC § 30.014 partial SSN and driver's license digits, facts why alternatives and supports and services are not feasible, nature of incapacity and rights to be limited, custodians, property values, agents under powers of attorney); proof of personal service on a proposed ward over 12 (§ 1051.103) and service or waivers on parents, conservators, spouse and the proposed guardian, mailed notice or waivers to adult children, siblings, facility administrators, agents and declared guardians; citation returned; ad litem motion, order and answer; a certificate of medical examination or DID; resident agent; JBCC registration and background check (fingerprints for liquid assets over $50,000 or non-residents); proof of service and affidavit of notice (§§ 1051.153, 1051.104); a proposed order and unsigned oath e-filed as separate lead documents; a fiat from the court's templates; the attorney's verification that everything is filed and accepted; and an e-mail to the court investigator once the hearing is set.
Applies to attorneys setting guardianship applications for hearing in Bexar County Probate Court No. 2 (Judge Veronica Vasquez); issued under the judge's name and registered by the court as a local rule. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
CHECKLIST FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN Procedures: Once the checklist is fully completed, the applicant’s attorney can set this matter for hearing. FIAT is required, please use one of the templates attached. FIAT is required, please use one of the templates located on the PC2 Website. Please cross through actions that do not apply If you submit documents after hearing date you must notify the staff
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (three pages; native text layer read in full). The checklist twice states the fiat requirement ("templates attached" and "templates located on the PC2 Website") — transcribed as registered.
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