Tex. Estates Code § 1102.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1102.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1102.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE FOR INVESTIGATION.
Official statutory text
To establish probable cause under Section 1102.001, the court may require:
(1) an information letter about the person believed to be incapacitated that is submitted by an interested person and satisfies the requirements of Section 1102.003; or
(2) a written letter or certificate from a physician or psychologist who has examined the person believed to be incapacitated that satisfies the requirements of Section 1101.103, except that the letter must be:
(A) dated not earlier than the 120th day before the date of the appointment of a guardian ad litem or court investigator under Section 1102.001; and
(B) based on an examination the physician or psychologist performed not earlier than the 120th day before that date.
(1) an information letter about the person believed to be incapacitated that is submitted by an interested person and satisfies the requirements of Section 1102.003; or
(2) a written letter or certificate from a physician or psychologist who has examined the person believed to be incapacitated that satisfies the requirements of Section 1101.103, except that the letter must be:
(A) dated not earlier than the 120th day before the date of the appointment of a guardian ad litem or court investigator under Section 1102.001; and
(B) based on an examination the physician or psychologist performed not earlier than the 120th day before that date.
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