Tex. Est. Code § 1353.003 · Subchapter A. APPOINTMENT OF COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR OR GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE
APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE TO ADMINISTER SEPARATE PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 1353.004, when a spouse who owns separate property is judicially declared to be incapacitated, the court shall appoint the other spouse or another person or entity, in the order of precedence established under Subchapter C, Chapter 1104, as guardian of the estate to administer only the separate property of the incapacitated spouse.
(b) The qualification of a guardian of the estate of the separate property of an incapacitated spouse under Subsection (a) does not deprive the spouse who is not incapacitated of the right to manage, control, and dispose of the entire community estate as provided by this title.
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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.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1353.htm
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