Sec. 1104.202. DESIGNATION OF GUARDIAN FOR DECLARANT. (a) A person other than an incapacitated person may designate by declaration a person to serve as guardian of the person or estate of the declarant if the declarant becomes incapacitated. The court shall appoint the person designated in the declaration to serve as guardian in preference to any other person otherwise entitled to serve as guardian under this title, unless the court finds that the person designated to serve as guardian:
(1) is disqualified; or
(2) would not serve the ward's best interests.
(b) A declarant may, in the declaration, disqualify a named person from serving as guardian of the declarant's person or estate. The court may not under any circumstances appoint as guardian a person named under this subsection.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle D - Creation of Guardianship
Chapter 1104 - Selection of and Eligibility to Serve as Guardian
Subchapter E. Written Declaration to Designate Guardian Before Need Arises
Section 1104.202. Designation of Guardian for Declarant
Section 1104.203. Requirements for Declaration
Section 1104.204. Form and Content of Declaration and Self-Proving Affidavit
Section 1104.205. Alternative to Self-Proving Affidavit
Section 1104.206. Alternate Self-Proving of Declaration
Section 1104.207. Filing of Declaration and Self-Proving Affidavit
Section 1104.208. Proof of Declaration
Section 1104.209. Prima Facie Evidence
Section 1104.210. Revocation of Declaration
Section 1104.211. Effect of Divorce on Designation of Spouse
Section 1104.212. Alternate or Other Court-Appointed Guardian