Sec. 1203.102. APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, OR DEATH

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(a) If a guardian resigns, is removed, or dies, the court may appoint a successor guardian on application and on service of notice as directed by the court, except as provided by Subsection (b). In the event the guardian of the person or of the estate of a ward dies, a personal representative of the deceased guardian, at the time and in the manner ordered by the court, shall account for, pay, and deliver all guardianship property entrusted to the representative's care to a person legally entitled to receive the property.
(b) The court may appoint a successor guardian under this section without citation or notice if the court finds that a necessity exists for the immediate appointment.

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

                    
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