Texas Estates Code

§ 1253.055 — GUARDIANSHIP TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS FILED IN TWO OR MORE COURTS

ES § 1253.055Title 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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If an application for receipt and acceptance of a foreign guardianship under this subchapter is filed in two or more courts with jurisdiction, the proceeding shall be heard in the court with jurisdiction over the application filed on the earliest date, if venue is otherwise proper in that court. A court that does not have venue to hear the application shall transfer the proceeding to the proper court.

Legislative history

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