Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
PROBATE CODE |
Chapter XIII. GUARDIANSHIP |
Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Subpart A. DEFINITIONS; PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; PROCEEDINGS IN REM |
Sec. 603. LAWS APPLICABLE TO GUARDIANSHIPS
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(a) To the extent applicable and not inconsistent with other provisions of this code, the laws and rules governing estates of decedents apply to and govern guardianships.
(b) A reference in other sections of this code or in other law to a person who is mentally, physically, or legally incompetent, a person who is judicially declared incompetent, an incompetent or an incompetent person, a person of unsound mind, or a habitual drunkard means an incapacitated person.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.