Sec. 751.00201. MEANING OF DISABLED OR INCAPACITATED FOR PURPOSES OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. Unless otherwise defined by a durable power of attorney, a person is considered disabled or incapacitated for purposes of the durable power of attorney if a physician certifies in writing at a date later than the date the durable power of attorney is executed that, based on the physician's medical examination of the person, the person is determined to be mentally incapable of managing the person's financial affairs.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 1974), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle P - Durable Powers of Attorney
Chapter 751 - General Provisions Regarding Durable Powers of Attorney
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 751.0015. Applicability of Subtitle
Section 751.00201. Meaning of Disabled or Incapacitated for Purposes of Durable Power of Attorney
Section 751.0021. Requirements of Durable Power of Attorney
Section 751.0022. Presumption of Genuine Signature
Section 751.0023. Validity of Power of Attorney
Section 751.0024. Meaning and Effect of Durable Power of Attorney
Section 751.003. Uniformity of Application and Construction
Section 751.005. Extension of Principal's Authority to Other Persons