Texas Estates Code

§ 1253.053 — DETERMINATION REGARDING RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP

ES § 1253.053Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES · Part G. SPECIAL TYPES OF GUARDIANSHIPS · Ch. 1253. INTERSTATE GUARDIANSHIPS · Art. B. RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP

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(a)The court shall hold a hearing to:

(1)consider an application for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship under this subchapter; and

(2)consider modifying the administrative procedures or requirements of the proposed transferred guardianship in accordance with local and state law.

(b)In reviewing the application, the court should determine:

(1)that the proposed guardianship is not a collateral attack on an existing or proposed guardianship in another jurisdiction in this or another state; and

(2)for a guardianship in which a court in one or more states may have jurisdiction, that the application has been filed in the court that is best suited to consider the matter.

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 66A.03, eff. January 1, 2014.