Texas Estates Code

§ 1052.051 — FILING PROCEDURES

ES § 1052.051Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part C. PROCEDURAL MATTERS · Ch. 1052. FILING AND RECORDKEEPING · Art. B. FILES; INDEX

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(a)An application for a guardianship proceeding or a complaint, petition, or other paper permitted or required by law to be filed with a court in a guardianship proceeding must be filed with the county clerk of the appropriate county.

(b)Each paper filed in a guardianship proceeding must be given the docket number assigned to the estate.

(c)On receipt of a paper described by Subsection (a), the county clerk shall:

(1)file the paper; and

(2)endorse on the paper:

(A)the date the paper is filed;

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.022, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 2080), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2014. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1031 (H.B. 1438), Sec. 37(1), eff. September 1, 2015.