Tex. Estates Code § 1053.104
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1053.104, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1053.104. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) On request by a person protected by a protective order issued under Chapter 85, Family Code, or a guardian, attorney ad litem, or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude from any document filed in a guardianship proceeding:
(1) the address and phone number of the person protected by the protective order;
(2) the place of employment or business of the person protected by the protective order;
(3) the school attended by the person protected by the protective order or the day-care center or other child-care facility the person attends or in which the person resides; and
(4) the place at which service of process on the person protected by the protective order was effectuated.
(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:
(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and
(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by the court.
(1) the address and phone number of the person protected by the protective order;
(2) the place of employment or business of the person protected by the protective order;
(3) the school attended by the person protected by the protective order or the day-care center or other child-care facility the person attends or in which the person resides; and
(4) the place at which service of process on the person protected by the protective order was effectuated.
(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:
(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and
(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by the court.
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