Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2166 amends the Texas Probate Code to establish procedures to allow a court to appoint a ward's family member or friend or other interested person who is willing and able to serve as the ward's successor guardian. The act requires guardianship programs or governmental entities to notify the court in which the guardianship is pending of a person's interest in being appointed as the ward's successor guardian and requires the court to determine whether a person is qualified to serve. If the court finds that a person is not disqualified from serving as successor guardian, the guardianship program, governmental agency, or court may file an application to appoint the person as the ward's successor guardian.