Bill Text: TX HB3645 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to temporary guardianships pending contest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3645 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3645-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Naishtat H.B. No. 3645
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to temporary guardianships pending contest.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1251.052 of the Estates Code is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1251.052.  QUALIFICATION AND DURATION OF CERTAIN
  TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIPS. (a)  
  A temporary guardian appointed under
  Section 1251.051 must qualify in the same form and manner required
  of a guardian under this title.
         (b)  The term of a temporary guardian appointed under Section
  1251.051 expires:
               (1)  at the conclusion of the hearing challenging or
  contesting the application;
               (2)  on the date a permanent guardian appointed by the
  court for the proposed ward qualifies to serve as the ward's
  guardian; or
               (3)  at the expiration of six months from the date of
  qualification of the temporary guardian unless it is extended upon
  court order after a motion to extend is filed and a hearing is held
  whichever comes first.
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