Bill Text: TX HB3645 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to temporary guardianships pending contest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3645 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3645-Introduced.html

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By: Naishtat H.B. No. 3645

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to temporary guardianships pending contest.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1251.052 of the Estates Code is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1251.052. QUALIFICATION AND DURATION OF CERTAIN
TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIPS. (a)
A temporary guardian appointed under
Section 1251.051 must qualify in the same form and manner required
of a guardian under this title.
(b) The term of a temporary guardian appointed under Section
1251.051 expires:
(1) at the conclusion of the hearing challenging or
contesting the application;
(2) on the date a permanent guardian appointed by the
court for the proposed ward qualifies to serve as the ward's
guardian; or
(3) at the expiration of six months from the date of
qualification of the temporary guardian unless it is extended upon
court order after a motion to extend is filed and a hearing is held
whichever comes first.