Sec. 1104.353. NOTORIOUSLY BAD CONDUCT; PRESUMPTION CONCERNING BEST INTEREST    


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  • (a) A person may not be appointed guardian if the person's conduct is notoriously bad.

    (b) It is presumed to be not in the best interests of a ward or incapacitated person to appoint as guardian of the ward or incapacitated person a person who has been finally convicted of:

    (1) any sexual offense, including sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, and prohibited sexual conduct;

    (2) aggravated assault;

    (3) injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual; or

    (4) abandoning or endangering a child.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 , Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.