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Texas Estates Code

§ 1051.103 — SERVICE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP

ES § 1051.103Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part C. PROCEDURAL MATTERS · Ch. 1051. NOTICES AND PROCESS IN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL · Art. C. NOTICE AND CITATION REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP

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(a)The sheriff or other officer shall personally serve citation to appear and answer an application for guardianship on:
(1)a proposed ward who is 12 years of age or older;
(2)the proposed ward's parents, if the whereabouts of the parents are known or can be reasonably ascertained;
(3)any court-appointed conservator or person having control of the care and welfare of the proposed ward;
(4)the proposed ward's spouse, if the whereabouts of the spouse are known or can be reasonably ascertained; and
(5)the person named in the application to be appointed guardian, if that person is not the applicant.

Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.018, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (S.B. 1709), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.