Tex. Est. Code § 1202.001 · Subchapter A. TERMINATION AND SETTLEMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP
TERM OF GUARDIAN OR GUARDIANSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless otherwise discharged as provided by law, a guardian remains in office until the estate is closed.
(b) A guardianship shall be settled and closed when the ward:
(1) dies and, if the ward was married, the ward's spouse qualifies as survivor in community;
(2) is found by the court to have full capacity, or sufficient capacity with supports and services, to care for himself or herself and to manage the ward's property;
(3) is no longer a minor; or
(4) no longer must have a guardian appointed to receive funds due the ward from any governmental source.
(c) Except for an order issued under Section 1101.153(a-1), an order appointing a guardian or a successor guardian may specify a period of not more than one year during which a petition for adjudication that the ward no longer requires the guardianship may not be filed without special leave.
(d) A request for an order under this section may be made by informal letter to the court. A person who knowingly interferes with the transmission of the request to the court may be adjudged guilty of contempt of court.
(e) If a nonresident guardian of a nonresident ward qualifies as guardian under this title, any resident guardian's guardianship may be terminated.
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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 214 (H.B. 39), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1202.htm
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