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

Tex. Estates Code § 1164.002: IMMUNITY OF GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES
  3. SUBTITLE E. ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 1164. LIABILITY OF GUARDIAN OR GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM

A guardianship program is not liable for civil damages arising from an action taken or omission made by a person while providing guardianship services to a ward on behalf of the guardianship program, unless the action or omission was:

(1) wilfully wrongful;

(2) taken or made:

(A) with conscious indifference to or reckless disregard for the safety of the ward or another;

(B) in bad faith; or

(C) with malice; or

(3) grossly negligent.

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

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

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