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

Tex. Estates Code § 1253.055: GUARDIANSHIP TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS FILED IN TWO OR MORE COURTS.

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ESTATES CODE
TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES
SUBTITLE G. SPECIAL TYPES OF GUARDIANSHIPS
CHAPTER 1253. INTERSTATE GUARDIANSHIPS
SUBCHAPTER B. RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN GUARDIANSHIP

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.

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

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