Texas Statutes
§ 1203.153 — APPLICATION TO APPOINT SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.
Texas·Code ES Estates Code
Sec. 1203.153. APPLICATION TO APPOINT SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.
(a)If the court finds under Section 1203.152 that the proposed successor guardian for a ward is not disqualified from being appointed as the ward's successor guardian under Subchapter H , Chapter 1104 , and that the appointment is in the ward's best interests, the guardianship program or governmental entity serving as the ward's guardian or the court, on the court's own motion, may file an application to appoint the individual as the ward's successor guardian.
(b)Service of notice on an application filed under this section shall be made as directed by the court.
SUBCHAPTER E. PROCEDURES AFTER RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DEATH OF GUARDIAN
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Nearby Sections
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§ 1203.001
RESIGNATION APPLICATION.§ 1203.004
HEARING DATE; CITATION.§ 1203.005
HEARING.§ 1203.006
REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGE.§ 1203.052
REMOVAL WITH NOTICE.§ 1203.053
REMOVAL ORDER.§ 1203.0531
NOTICE OF REMOVAL ORDER.§ 1203.054
DISCHARGE AND RELEASE FOLLOWING REMOVAL.§ 1203.057
REMOVAL OF JOINT GUARDIAN.§ 1203.101
REQUIREMENTS FOR REVOCATION OF LETTERS.