Tex. Est. Code § 1301.055 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF MANAGEMENT TRUSTS
AUTHORITY OF COURT TO APPOINT GUARDIAN INSTEAD OF CREATING TRUST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If, after a hearing under Section 1301.054, the court finds that the person for whom the application was filed is an incapacitated person but that it is not in the incapacitated person's best interests for the court to create a trust under this subchapter for the incapacitated person's estate, the court may appoint a guardian of the person or estate, or both, for the incapacitated person without commencing a separate proceeding for that purpose.
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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. 982 (H.B. 2080), Sec. 27, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1301.htm
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