Sec. 690. PERSONS APPOINTED GUARDIAN

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Only one person may be appointed as guardian of the person or estate, but one person may be appointed guardian of the person and another of the estate, if it is in the best interest of the ward. Nothing in this section prohibits the joint appointment, if the court finds it to be in the best interest of the ward, of:
(1) a husband and wife;
(2) joint managing conservators;
(3) coguardians appointed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state; or
(4) both parents of an adult who is incapacitated if the incapacitated person:
(A) has not been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; or
(B) has been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship and both of the incapacitated person's parents were named as joint managing conservators in the suit but are no longer serving in that capacity.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 , Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.

                    
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