Tex. Estates Code § 1023.003
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1023.003, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1023.003. TRANSFER OF GUARDIANSHIP TO ANOTHER COUNTY.
Official statutory text
(a) When a guardian or any other person desires to transfer the transaction of the business of the guardianship from one county to another, the person shall file a written application in the court in which the guardianship is pending stating the reason for the transfer.
(b) With notice as provided by Section 1023.004, the court in which a guardianship is pending, on the court's own motion, may transfer the transaction of the business of the guardianship to another county if the ward resides in the county to which the guardianship is to be transferred.
(b) With notice as provided by Section 1023.004, the court in which a guardianship is pending, on the court's own motion, may transfer the transaction of the business of the guardianship to another county if the ward resides in the county to which the guardianship is to be transferred.
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