Texas Estates Code

§ 1054.153 — INVESTIGATION REPORT

ES § 1054.153Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part C. PROCEDURAL MATTERS · Ch. 1054. COURT OFFICERS, COURT-APPOINTED PERSONS, AND ATTORNEYS · Art. D. COURT INVESTIGATORS

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(a)A court investigator shall file with the court a report containing the court investigator's findings and conclusions after conducting an investigation under Section 1054.151 or 1054.152.

(b)In a contested case, the court investigator shall provide copies of the report of the court investigator's findings and conclusions to the attorneys for the parties before the earlier of:

(1)the seventh day after the date the court investigator completes the report; or

(2)the 10th day before the date the trial is scheduled to begin.

(c)Disclosure to a jury of the contents of a court investigator's report is subject to the Texas Rules of Evidence.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.