Tex. Est. Code § 1051.103 · Subchapter C. NOTICE AND CITATION REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP
SERVICE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The sheriff or other officer shall personally serve citation to appear and answer an application for guardianship on:
(1) a proposed ward who is 12 years of age or older;
(2) the proposed ward's parents, if the whereabouts of the parents are known or can be reasonably ascertained;
(3) any court-appointed conservator or person having control of the care and welfare of the proposed ward;
(4) the proposed ward's spouse, if the whereabouts of the spouse are known or can be reasonably ascertained; and
(5) the person named in the application to be appointed guardian, if that person is not the applicant.
(b) A citation served as provided by Subsection (a) must contain the statement regarding the right under Section 1051.252 that is required in the citation issued under Section 1051.102.
(c) A citation served as provided by Subsection (a) to a relative of the proposed ward described by Subsection (a)(2) or (4) must contain a statement notifying the relative that, if a guardianship is created for the proposed ward, the relative must elect in writing in order to receive notice about the ward under Section 1151.056.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.018, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (S.B. 1709), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1051.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1051.102ISSUANCE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP.Printed as Section 1051.102
- Tex. Est. Code § 1051.252REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF FILING OF PLEADING.Printed as Section 1051.252
- Tex. Est. Code § 1151.056GUARDIAN'S DUTY TO INFORM CERTAIN RELATIVES ABOUT WARD'S HEALTH AND RESIDENCE.Printed as Section 1151.056
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Est. Code § 1051.103. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1051.105WAIVER OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP.Printed as Sections 1051.103 and 1051.104(a)
- Tex. Est. Code § 1051.106ACTION BY COURT ON APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP.Printed as Sections 1051.102, 1051.103, and 1051.104(a)(1)
- Tex. Est. Code § 1203.108APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES AS SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.Printed as Section 1051.103(5)
- Tex. Est. Code § 1301.0511NOTICE REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR CREATION OF TRUST; CITATION OF APPLICANT NOT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 1051.103
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