Texas Estates Code
§ 1252.051 — APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF NONRESIDENT GUARDIAN
ES § 1252.051Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part G. SPECIAL TYPES OF GUARDIANSHIPS · Ch. 1252. GUARDIANSHIPS FOR NONRESIDENT WARDS · Art. B. NONRESIDENT GUARDIAN OF NONRESIDENT WARD'S ESTATE
Statute text
View on source(a)A nonresident of this state may be appointed and qualified as guardian or coguardian of a nonresident ward's estate located in this state in the same manner provided by this title for the appointment and qualification of a resident guardian of the estate of an incapacitated person if:
(1)a court of competent jurisdiction in the geographical jurisdiction in which the nonresident resides appointed the nonresident guardian;
(2)the nonresident is qualified as guardian or as a fiduciary legal representative by any name known in the foreign jurisdiction of the property or estate of the ward located in the jurisdiction of the foreign court; and
(3)the nonresident, with the written application for appointment, files in the county court of a county of this state in which all or part of the nonresident ward's estate is located a complete transcript of the proceedings from the records of the court in which the nonresident applicant was appointed.
(b)The transcript required by Subsection (a)(3) must:
(1)show the applicant's appointment and qualification as guardian or other fiduciary legal representative of the ward's property or estate;
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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.