{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1203.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1203.002","heading":"IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION; DISCHARGE AND RELEASE.","body":"(a) If the necessity exists, the court may immediately accept the resignation of a guardian and appoint a successor guardian as provided by Section 1203.102(b).\n(b) The court may not discharge a person resigning as guardian of the estate whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued, or a final judgment has been rendered, on the final account required under Section 1203.001.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE F. EVALUATION, MODIFICATION, OR TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP","CHAPTER 1203. RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DEATH OF GUARDIAN; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR","SUBCHAPTER A. RESIGNATION OF GUARDIAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1203.htm#1203.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"1363fd85970660fc31d80e47de785e7da5ad1f50b00cba23be03155187020410","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1203.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1203.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}