Texas Estates Code
§ 1104.001 — GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR ESTATE
ES § 1104.001Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part D. CREATION OF GUARDIANSHIP · Ch. 1104. SELECTION OF AND ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS GUARDIAN · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN
Statute text
View on source(a)Only one person may be appointed as guardian of the person or estate, but one person may be appointed guardian of the person and another person may be appointed guardian of the estate, if it is in the best interest of the incapacitated person or ward.
(b)Subsection (a) does not prohibit the joint appointment, if the court finds it to be in the best interest of the incapacitated person or ward, of:
(1)a husband and wife;
(2)joint managing conservators;
(3)co-guardians appointed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state; or
(4)both parents of an adult who is incapacitated if the incapacitated person:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.