Tex. Estates Code § 751.00201
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 751.00201, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 751.00201. MEANING OF DISABLED OR INCAPACITATED FOR PURPOSES OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Official statutory text
Unless otherwise defined by a durable power of attorney, an individual is considered disabled or incapacitated for purposes of the durable power of attorney if a physician certifies in writing at a date later than the date the durable power of attorney is executed that, based on the physician's medical examination of the individual, the individual is determined to be mentally incapable of managing the individual's financial affairs.
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