Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle C - Procedural Matters

Section 1051.101. Notice Required for Application for Guardianship; Citation of Applicant Not Required - Sec. 1051.101. NOTICE REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP; CITATION OF...

Section 1051.102. Issuance of Citation for Application for Guardianship - Sec. 1051.102. ISSUANCE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP. (a)...

Section 1051.103. Service of Citation for Application for Guardianship - Sec. 1051.103. SERVICE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP. (a)...

Section 1051.104. Notice by Applicant for Guardianship - Sec. 1051.104. NOTICE BY APPLICANT FOR GUARDIANSHIP. (a) The person...

Section 1051.105. Waiver of Notice of Application for Guardianship - Sec. 1051.105. WAIVER OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP. A...

Section 1051.106. Action by Court on Application for Guardianship - Sec. 1051.106. ACTION BY COURT ON APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP. The...

Subchapter D. Return and Proof of Service of Citation or Notice

Section 1051.151. Requirements for Return on Citation or Notice Served by Personal Service - Sec. 1051.151. REQUIREMENTS FOR RETURN ON CITATION OR NOTICE SERVED...

Section 1051.152. Validity of Service and Return on Citation or Notice Served by Posting - Sec. 1051.152. VALIDITY OF SERVICE AND RETURN ON CITATION OR...

Section 1051.153. Proof of Service - Sec. 1051.153. PROOF OF SERVICE. (a) Proof of service in...

Section 1051.154. Return to Court - Sec. 1051.154. RETURN TO COURT. A citation or notice issued...

Subchapter E. Alternative Manner of Issuance, Service, and Return

Section 1051.201. Court-Ordered Issuance, Service, and Return Under Certain Circumstances - Sec. 1051.201. COURT-ORDERED ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES....

Subchapter F. Additional Notice Provisions

Section 1051.251. Waiver of Notice of Hearing - Sec. 1051.251. WAIVER OF NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) A competent...

Section 1051.252. Request for Notice of Filing of Pleading - Sec. 1051.252. REQUEST FOR NOTICE OF FILING OF PLEADING. (a)...

Section 1051.253. Service of Notice of Intention to Take Depositions in Certain Proceedings - Sec. 1051.253. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS...

Chapter 1052 - Filing and Recordkeeping

Subchapter A. Recordkeeping Requirements

Section 1052.001. Guardianship Docket - Sec. 1052.001. GUARDIANSHIP DOCKET. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 1052.002. Claim Docket - Sec. 1052.002. CLAIM DOCKET. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 1052.003. Guardianship Fee Book - Sec. 1052.003. GUARDIANSHIP FEE BOOK. (a) The county clerk shall...

Section 1052.004. Alternate Recordkeeping - Sec. 1052.004. ALTERNATE RECORDKEEPING. Instead of maintaining the record books...

Subchapter B. Files; Index

Section 1052.051. Filing Procedures - Sec. 1052.051. FILING PROCEDURES. (a) An application for a guardianship...

Section 1052.052. Case Files - Sec. 1052.052. CASE FILES. (a) The county clerk shall maintain...

Section 1052.053. Index - Sec. 1052.053. INDEX. (a) The county clerk shall properly index...

Chapter 1053 - Other Court Duties and Procedures

Subchapter A. Enforcement of Orders

Section 1053.001. Enforcement of Orders - Sec. 1053.001. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS. A judge may enforce an...

Subchapter B. Costs and Security

Section 1053.051. Applicability of Certain Laws - Sec. 1053.051. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. A law regulating costs...

Section 1053.052. Security for Certain Costs - Sec. 1053.052. SECURITY FOR CERTAIN COSTS. (a) The clerk may...

Section 1053.053. Exemption From Guardianship Proceeding Fees for Certain Military Servicemembers - Sec. 1053.053. EXEMPTION FROM GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING FEES FOR CERTAIN MILITARY...

Section 1053.054. Exemption From Guardianship Fees for Certain Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Others - Sec. 1053.054. EXEMPTION FROM GUARDIANSHIP FEES FOR CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT...

Subchapter C. Procedures for Guardianship Proceedings

Section 1053.101. Calling of Dockets - Sec. 1053.101. CALLING OF DOCKETS. The judge in whose court...

Section 1053.102. Setting of Certain Hearings by Clerk - Sec. 1053.102. SETTING OF CERTAIN HEARINGS BY CLERK. (a) If...

Section 1053.103. Rendering of Decisions, Orders, Decrees, and Judgments - Sec. 1053.103. RENDERING OF DECISIONS, ORDERS, DECREES, AND JUDGMENTS. The...

Section 1053.104. Confidentiality of Certain Information - Sec. 1053.104. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. (a) On request by...

Section 1053.105. Inapplicability of Certain Rules of Civil Procedure - Sec. 1053.105. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. The...

Chapter 1054 - Court Officers, Court-Appointed Persons, and Attorneys

Subchapter A. Attorneys Ad Litem and Interpreters

Section 1054.001. Appointment of Attorney Ad Litem in Proceeding for Appointment of Guardian - Sec. 1054.001. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM IN PROCEEDING FOR...

Section 1054.002. Term of Appointment - Sec. 1054.002. TERM OF APPOINTMENT. (a) Unless the court determines...

Section 1054.003. Access to Records - Sec. 1054.003. ACCESS TO RECORDS. An attorney ad litem appointed...

Section 1054.004. Duties - Sec. 1054.004. DUTIES. (a) An attorney ad litem appointed under...

Section 1054.005. Appointment of Interpreter - Sec. 1054.005. APPOINTMENT OF INTERPRETER. At the time the court...

Section 1054.006. Representation of Ward or Proposed Ward by Attorney - Sec. 1054.006. REPRESENTATION OF WARD OR PROPOSED WARD BY ATTORNEY....

Section 1054.007. Attorneys Ad Litem - Sec. 1054.007. ATTORNEYS AD LITEM. (a) Except in a situation...

Subchapter B. Guardians Ad Litem

Section 1054.051. Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem in Guardianship Proceeding - Sec. 1054.051. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING....

Section 1054.052. Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Relating to Certain Other Suits - Sec. 1054.052. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM RELATING TO CERTAIN...

Section 1054.053. Term of Certain Appointments - Sec. 1054.053. TERM OF CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS. Unless the court determines...

Section 1054.054. Duties - Sec. 1054.054. DUTIES. (a) A guardian ad litem is an...

Section 1054.055. Compensation and Expenses - Sec. 1054.055. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. (a) A guardian ad litem...

Section 1054.056. Immunity - Sec. 1054.056. IMMUNITY. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a guardian...

Subchapter C. Court Visitors

Section 1054.101. Inapplicability of Subchapter to Certain Guardianships - Sec. 1054.101. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO CERTAIN GUARDIANSHIPS. This subchapter...

Section 1054.102. Operation of Court Visitor Program - Sec. 1054.102. OPERATION OF COURT VISITOR PROGRAM. (a) Each statutory...

Section 1054.103. Evaluation of Ward or Proposed Ward - Sec. 1054.103. EVALUATION OF WARD OR PROPOSED WARD. A court,...

Section 1054.104. Evaluation Report - Sec. 1054.104. EVALUATION REPORT. (a) A court visitor appointed under...

Section 1054.105. Compensation - Sec. 1054.105. COMPENSATION. (a) A court that operates a court...

Subchapter D. Court Investigators

Section 1054.151. Investigation of Guardianship Application - Sec. 1054.151. INVESTIGATION OF GUARDIANSHIP APPLICATION. On the filing of...

Section 1054.152. General Duties - Sec. 1054.152. GENERAL DUTIES. A court investigator shall: (1) supervise...

Section 1054.153. Investigation Report - Sec. 1054.153. INVESTIGATION REPORT. (a) A court investigator shall file...

Section 1054.154. Effect of Subchapter on Other Law - Sec. 1054.154. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER ON OTHER LAW. Nothing in...

Section 1054.155. Notice Regarding Request to Financial Institution for Customer Records - Sec. 1054.155. NOTICE REGARDING REQUEST TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR CUSTOMER...

Section 1054.156. Appointment of Court Investigator for Certain Courts - Sec. 1054.156. APPOINTMENT OF COURT INVESTIGATOR FOR CERTAIN COURTS. (a)...

Subchapter E. Qualifications to Serve as Attorney

Section 1054.201. Certification Required - Sec. 1054.201. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 1054.202. Certificate Expiration - Sec. 1054.202. CERTIFICATE EXPIRATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 1054.203. Eligibility for Appointment on Expiration of Certificate - Sec. 1054.203. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT ON EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATE. An...

Chapter 1055 - Trial and Hearing Matters

Subchapter A. Standing and Pleadings

Section 1055.001. Standing to Commence or Contest Proceeding - Sec. 1055.001. STANDING TO COMMENCE OR CONTEST PROCEEDING. (a) Except...

Section 1055.002. Defect in Pleading - Sec. 1055.002. DEFECT IN PLEADING. A court may not invalidate...

Section 1055.003. Intervention by Interested Person - Sec. 1055.003. INTERVENTION BY INTERESTED PERSON. (a) Notwithstanding the Texas...

Subchapter B. Trial and Hearing

Section 1055.051. Hearing by Submission - Sec. 1055.051. HEARING BY SUBMISSION. (a) A court may consider...

Section 1055.052. Trial by Jury - Sec. 1055.052. TRIAL BY JURY. A party in a contested...

Section 1055.053. Location of Hearing - Sec. 1055.053. LOCATION OF HEARING. (a) Except as provided by...

Subchapter C. Evidence

Section 1055.101. Applicability of Certain Rules Relating to Witnesses and Evidence - Sec. 1055.101. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO WITNESSES AND...

Section 1055.102. Use of Certain Records as Evidence - Sec. 1055.102. USE OF CERTAIN RECORDS AS EVIDENCE. The following...

Subchapter D. Mediation

Section 1055.151. Mediation of Contested Guardianship Proceeding - Sec. 1055.151. MEDIATION OF CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING. (a) Subject to...

Section 1055.152. Mediated Settlement Agreements - Sec. 1055.152. MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. (a) A mediated settlement agreement...

Chapter 1056 - Execution, Attachment, and Bill of Review

Subchapter A. Execution

Section 1056.001. Executions in Guardianship Proceedings - Sec. 1056.001. EXECUTIONS IN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS. (a) An execution in...

Subchapter B. Attachment of Estate Property

Section 1056.051. Order for Issuance of Writ of Attachment - Sec. 1056.051. ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF ATTACHMENT. (a)...

Section 1056.052. Bond - Sec. 1056.052. BOND. Before a judge may issue a writ...

Subchapter C. Bill of Review

Section 1056.101. Revision and Correction of Order or Judgment in Guardianship Proceeding - Sec. 1056.101. REVISION AND CORRECTION OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT IN...

Section 1056.102. Injunction - Sec. 1056.102. INJUNCTION. A process or action under a court...

Chapter 1057 - Change and Resignation of Resident Agent of Guardian for Service of Process

Section 1057.001. Change of Resident Agent - Sec. 1057.001. CHANGE OF RESIDENT AGENT. (a) A guardian may...

Section 1057.002. Resignation of Resident Agent - Sec. 1057.002. RESIGNATION OF RESIDENT AGENT. (a) A resident agent...

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Texas Statutes Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures Subtitle C - Procedural Matters

Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle C - Procedural Matters