Tex. Est. Code § 1253.055 · Subchapter B. RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP
GUARDIANSHIP TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS FILED IN TWO OR MORE COURTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If an application for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship under this subchapter is filed in two or more courts with jurisdiction, the proceeding shall be heard in the court with jurisdiction over the application filed on the earliest date, if venue is otherwise proper in that court. A court that does not have venue to hear the application shall transfer the proceeding to the proper court.
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.
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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.1253.htm
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