Texas Estates Code

§ 1203.201 — PAYMENT TO WARD WHILE OFFICE OF GUARDIAN IS VACANT

ES § 1203.201Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part F. EVALUATION, MODIFICATION, OR TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP · Ch. 1203. RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DEATH OF GUARDIAN; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR · Art. E. PROCEDURES AFTER RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DEATH OF GUARDIAN

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(a)A debtor, obligor, or payor may pay or tender money or another thing of value falling due to a ward while the office of guardian is vacant to the court clerk for the credit of the ward.

(b)Payment or tender under Subsection (a) discharges the debtor, obligor, or payor of the obligation for all purposes to the extent and purpose of the payment or tender.

(c)The court clerk shall issue a receipt for any payment or tender accepted under this section.

Legislative history

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