Sec. 631. CLERK'S DUTIES  


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  • (a) If the proper venue is finally determined to be in another county, the clerk, after making and retaining a true copy of the entire file in the case, shall transmit the original file to the proper county, and a proceeding shall be held in the proper county in the same manner as if the proceeding had originally been instituted in the proper county.

    (b) By transmitting to the proper court in the proper county for venue purposes the original file in the case, with certified copies of all entries in the judge's guardianship docket made in the file, an administration of the guardianship in the proper county for venue purposes shall be completed in the same manner as if the proceeding had originally been instituted in that county.

    (c) The clerk of the court from which the proceeding is transferred shall transmit to the court to which the proceeding is transferred the original file in the proceeding and a certified copy of the entries in the judge's guardianship docket that relate to the proceeding.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 , Sec. 14, eff. June 19, 2009.