Sec. 694. TERM OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN    


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  • (a) Unless otherwise discharged as provided by law, a guardian remains in office until the estate is closed.

    (b) The guardianship shall be settled and closed when the incapacitated person:

    (1) dies and, if the person was married, the person's spouse qualifies as survivor in community;

    (2) is found by the court to have full capacity to care for himself or herself and to manage the person's property;

    (3) is no longer a minor; or

    (4) no longer must have a guardian appointed to receive funds due the person from any governmental source.

    (c) An order appointing a guardian or a successor guardian may specify a period of not more than one year during which a petition for adjudication that the incapacitated person no longer requires the guardianship may not be filed without special leave.

    (d) A request for an order under this section may be made by informal letter to the court. A person who knowingly interferes with the transmission of the request to the court may be adjudged guilty of contempt of court.

    (e) If a nonresident guardian of a nonresident ward qualifies as guardian under this chapter, the guardianship of any resident guardian may be terminated.

    (f) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 379, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 379, Sec. 9, 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.