Texas Estates Code

§ 1023.001 — VENUE FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN

ES § 1023.001Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part B. SCOPE, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE · Ch. 1023. VENUE

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for the person or estate, or both, of an incapacitated person shall be brought in the county in which the proposed ward resides or is located on the date the application is filed or in the county in which the principal estate of the proposed ward is located.

(b)A proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for the person or estate, or both, of a minor may be brought:

(1)in the county in which both the minor's parents reside;

(2)if the parents do not reside in the same county, in the county in which the parent who is the sole managing conservator of the minor resides, or in the county in which the parent who is the joint managing conservator with the greater period of physical possession of and access to the minor resides;

(3)if only one parent is living and the parent has custody of the minor, in the county in which that parent resides;

(4)if both parents are dead but the minor was in the custody of a deceased parent, in the county in which the last surviving parent having custody resided; or

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