Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ESTATES CODE |
Title 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES |
Subtitle D. CREATION OF GUARDIANSHIP |
Chapter 1102. COURT-INITIATED PROCEDURE TO APPOINT GUARDIAN |
Sec. 1102.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE FOR INVESTIGATION
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To establish probable cause under Section 1102.001, the court may require:
(1) an information letter about the person believed to be incapacitated that is submitted by an interested person and satisfies the requirements of Section 1102.003; or
(2) a written letter or certificate from a physician who has examined the person believed to be incapacitated that satisfies the requirements of Section 1101.103, except that the letter must be:
(A) dated not earlier than the 120th day before the date of the appointment of a guardian ad litem or court investigator under Section 1102.001; and
(B) based on an examination the physician performed not earlier than the 120th day before that date.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 , Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.