Tex. Est. Code § 1156.003 · Subchapter A. ALLOWANCES FOR WARD
COURT ORDER SETTING ALLOWANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The court's order setting a monthly allowance must specify the types of expenditures the guardian may make on a monthly basis for the ward or the ward's property.
(b) If different persons have the guardianship of the person and of the estate of a ward, the court's order setting a monthly allowance must specify:
(1) the amount, if any, set by the court for the ward's education and maintenance that the guardian of the estate shall pay; and
(2) the amount, if any, that the guardian of the estate shall pay to the guardian of the person, at a time specified by the court, for the ward's education and maintenance.
(c) If the guardian of the estate fails to pay to the guardian of the person the monthly allowance set by the court, the guardian of the estate shall be compelled by court order to make the payment after the guardian is cited to appear.
(d) An order setting a monthly allowance does not affect the guardian's duty to account for expenditures of the allowance in the annual account required by Subchapter A, Chapter 1163.
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.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1156.htm
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