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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 1053.104: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES
  3. SUBTITLE C. PROCEDURAL MATTERS
  4. CHAPTER 1053. OTHER COURT DUTIES AND PROCEDURES
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. PROCEDURES FOR GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS

(a) On request by a person protected by a protective order issued under Chapter 85, Family Code, or a guardian, attorney ad litem, or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude from any document filed in a guardianship proceeding:

(1) the address and phone number of the person protected by the protective order;

(2) the place of employment or business of the person protected by the protective order;

(3) the school attended by the person protected by the protective order or the day-care center or other child-care facility the person attends or in which the person resides; and

(4) the place at which service of process on the person protected by the protective order was effectuated.

(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:

(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and

(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by the court.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 2080), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2014.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:08Z. Source file · JSON

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