Tex. Estates Code § 1163.151
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1163.151, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1163.151. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE REQUIRED ACCOUNT, EXHIBIT, OR REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) If a guardian does not file an account, an exhibit, a report of the guardian of the person, or another report required by this title, any person interested in the estate, on written complaint filed with the court clerk, or the court on the court's own motion, may have the guardian cited to appear and show cause why the guardian should not file the account, exhibit, or report.
(b) On hearing, the court may:
(1) order the guardian to file the account, exhibit, or report; and
(2) unless good cause is shown for the failure to file:
(A) revoke the guardian's letters of guardianship;
(B) fine the guardian in an amount not to exceed $1,000; or
(C) revoke the guardian's letters of guardianship and fine the guardian in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
(b) On hearing, the court may:
(1) order the guardian to file the account, exhibit, or report; and
(2) unless good cause is shown for the failure to file:
(A) revoke the guardian's letters of guardianship;
(B) fine the guardian in an amount not to exceed $1,000; or
(C) revoke the guardian's letters of guardianship and fine the guardian in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
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