Texas Estates Code Title 3, Chapter 1051 - Notices And Process In Guardianship Proceedings In General

SUBCHAPTER A ISSUANCE AND FORM OF NOTICE OR PROCESS

• Texas Section 1051.001 - Issuance Of Notice Or Process In General
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is not required to be cited or otherwise given notice in a guardianship proceeding except in...
• Texas Section 1051.002 - Direction Of Writ Or Other Process
  (a) A writ or other process other than a citation or notice must be directed "To any sheriff or constable within the State of Texas."...

SUBCHAPTER B METHODS OF SERVING CITATION OR NOTICE; PERSONS TO BE SERVED

• Texas Section 1051.003 - Contents Of Citation Or Notice
  (a) A citation or notice must: (1) be directed to the person to be cited or notified; (2) be dated; (3) state the style and...
• Texas Section 1051.051 - Personal Service
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), if personal service of citation or notice is required, the citation or notice must be served on...
• Texas Section 1051.052 - Service By Mail
  (a) The county clerk, or the guardian if required by statute or court order, shall serve a citation or notice required or permitted to be...
• Texas Section 1051.053 - Service By Posting
  (a) The county clerk shall deliver the original and a copy of a citation or notice required to be posted to the sheriff or a...
• Texas Section 1051.054 - Service By Publication
  (a) Citation or notice to a person to be served by publication shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the...
• Texas Section 1051.055 - Service On Party's Attorney Of Record
  (a) If a party is represented by an attorney of record in a guardianship proceeding, a citation or notice required to be served on the...

SUBCHAPTER C NOTICE AND CITATION REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP

• Texas Section 1051.056 - Service On Guardian Or Receiver
  Unless this title expressly provides for another method of service, the county clerk who issues a citation or notice required to be served on a...
• Texas Section 1051.101 - Notice Required For Application For Guardianship; Citation Of Applicant Not Required
  (a) On the filing of an application for guardianship, notice shall be issued and served as provided by this subchapter. (b) It is not necessary...
• Texas Section 1051.102 - Issuance Of Citation For Application For Guardianship
  (a) On the filing of an application for guardianship, the court clerk shall issue a citation stating: (1) that the application was filed; (2) the...
• Texas Section 1051.103 - Service Of Citation For Application For Guardianship
  (a) The sheriff or other officer shall personally serve citation to appear and answer an application for guardianship on: (1) a proposed ward who is...
• Texas Section 1051.104 - Notice By Applicant For Guardianship
  (a) The person filing an application for guardianship shall mail a copy of the application and a notice containing the information required in the citation...
• Texas Section 1051.105 - Waiver Of Notice Of Application For Guardianship
  A person other than the proposed ward who is entitled to receive notice or personal service of citation under Sections 1051.103 and 1051.104(a) may, by...

SUBCHAPTER D RETURN AND PROOF OF SERVICE OF CITATION OR NOTICE

• Texas Section 1051.106 - Action By Court On Application For Guardianship
  The court may not act on an application for the creation of a guardianship until the applicant has complied with Section 1051.104(b) and not earlier...
• Texas Section 1051.151 - Requirements For Return On Citation Or Notice Served By Personal Service
  The return of the person serving a citation or notice under Section 1051.051 must: (1) be endorsed on or attached to the citation or notice;...
• Texas Section 1051.152 - Validity Of Service And Return On Citation Or Notice Served By Posting
  (a) A citation or notice in a guardianship proceeding that is required to be served by posting and is issued in conformity with this title,...
• Texas Section 1051.153 - Proof Of Service
  (a) Proof of service in each case requiring citation or notice must be filed before a hearing. (b) Proof of service consists of: (1) if...

SUBCHAPTER E ALTERNATIVE MANNER OF ISSUANCE, SERVICE, AND RETURN

• Texas Section 1051.154 - Return To Court
  A citation or notice issued by a county clerk must be returned to the court from which the citation or notice was issued on the...

SUBCHAPTER F ADDITIONAL NOTICE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1051.201 - Court-ordered Issuance, Service, And Return Under Certain Circumstances
  (a) A citation or notice required by this title shall be issued, served, and returned in the manner specified by written order of the court...
• Texas Section 1051.251 - Waiver Of Notice Of Hearing
  (a) A competent person who is interested in a hearing in a guardianship proceeding may waive notice of the hearing in writing either in person...
• Texas Section 1051.252 - Request For Notice Of Filing Of Pleading
  (a) At any time after an application is filed to commence a guardianship proceeding, a person interested in the estate or welfare of a ward...
• Texas Section 1051.253 - Service Of Notice Of Intention To Take Depositions In Certain Proceedings
  (a) In a guardianship proceeding in which there is no opposing party or attorney of record on whom to serve notice and copies of interrogatories,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016