Tex. Est. Code § 1103.002 · Chapter 1103. PROCEDURE TO APPOINT GUARDIAN FOR CERTAIN MINORS REQUIRING GUARDIANSHIPS AS ADULTS
APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR AS GUARDIAN WITHOUT HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the applicant who files an application under Section 1101.001 or 1103.001 is a person who was appointed conservator of a disabled child and the proceeding is a guardianship proceeding described by Section 1002.015(1) in which the proposed ward is the incapacitated adult with respect to whom another court obtained continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship when the person was a child, the applicant may present to the court a written letter or certificate that meets the requirements of Sections 1101.103(a) and (b).
(b) If, on receipt of the letter or certificate described by Subsection (a), the court is able to make the findings required by Section 1101.101, the court, notwithstanding Subchapter C, Chapter 1104, shall:
(1) appoint the conservator as guardian without conducting a hearing; and
(2) to the extent possible preserve the terms of possession and access to the ward that applied before the court obtained jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding.
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. 6.037, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1103.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 01879417ac78e83696890bc207b5c9ee3fb3b21897e125a2e7726f79c08d649d
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
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 § 1002.015GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING.Printed as Section 1002.015(1)
- Tex. Est. Code § 1101.001APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN; CONTENTS.Printed as Section 1101.001 or 1103.001
- Tex. Est. Code § 1101.101FINDINGS AND PROOF REQUIRED.Printed as Section 1101.101
- Tex. Est. Code § 1101.103DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY OF CERTAIN ADULTS: PHYSICIAN OR PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINATION.Printed as Sections 1101.103(a)
- Tex. Est. Code § 1103.001APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN.Printed as Section 1101.001 or 1103.001
- Tex. Est. Code ch. 1104, subch. CSELECTION OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON OTHER THAN MINORPrinted as Subchapter C, Chapter 1104
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.