Texas Estates Code

§ 1104.209 — PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE

ES § 1104.209Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part D. CREATION OF GUARDIANSHIP · Ch. 1104. SELECTION OF AND ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS GUARDIAN · Art. E. WRITTEN DECLARATION TO DESIGNATE GUARDIAN BEFORE NEED ARISES

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A properly executed and witnessed self-proving declaration, including a declaration and self-proving affidavit described by Section 1104.203(c), is prima facie evidence that:

(1)the declarant was competent at the time the declarant executed the declaration; and

(2)the guardian named in the declaration would serve the best interests of the ward or incapacitated person.

Legislative history

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