Tex. Estates Code § 1203.002
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 1203.002, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 1203.002. IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION; DISCHARGE AND RELEASE.
Official statutory text
(a) If the necessity exists, the court may immediately accept the resignation of a guardian and appoint a successor guardian as provided by Section 1203.102(b).
(b) The court may not discharge a person resigning as guardian of the estate whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued, or a final judgment has been rendered, on the final account required under Section 1203.001.
(b) The court may not discharge a person resigning as guardian of the estate whose resignation is accepted under Subsection (a), or release the person or the sureties on the person's bond, until a final order has been issued, or a final judgment has been rendered, on the final account required under Section 1203.001.
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