Tex. Est. Code § 1251.006 · Subchapter A. APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY GUARDIAN GENERALLY
SCHEDULING OF HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Immediately after an application for a temporary guardianship is filed, the court shall issue an order setting a certain date for the hearing on the application.
(b) Unless postponed as provided by Subsection (c), a hearing shall be held not later than the 10th day after the date the application for temporary guardianship is filed.
(c) The proposed ward or the proposed ward's attorney may consent to postpone the hearing on the application for temporary guardianship for a period not to exceed 30 days after the date the application is filed.
(d) An application for temporary guardianship takes precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character.
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
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1251.htm
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