{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-142.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 142.007","heading":"INCAPACITATED PERSON.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, \"incapacitated person\" means a person who is impaired because of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, advanced age, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or any other cause except status as a minor to the extent that the person lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate responsible decisions concerning his person.\nAdded by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 18, Sec. 14(g), eff. Oct. 2, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS BENEFICIAL PROPERTY INTERESTS","SUBTITLE A. PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","CHAPTER 142. MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY RECOVERED IN SUIT BY A NEXT FRIEND OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.142.htm#142.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"e5787f113d4e8bab2f5c1f1e9775301b163503cbe8aa8fa810d44b0944b08d65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-142.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-142.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}