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House Bill 2665 |
House Author: Moody |
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Effective: 6-19-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 2665 amends the Estates Code to authorize an adult ward's spouse, parent, sibling, or child to file an application with the probate court requesting access to the ward. The court is required to schedule a hearing on the application and the guardian of the ward must personally be cited to appear at the hearing. The court is required to issue an order after the hearing that may prohibit the guardian from preventing access by an applicant to the ward and specify the terms of access. An adult ward's guardian is required to notify an adult ward's spouse, parent, sibling, or child about certain health and residence information, including, in the case of death, information regarding any funeral arrangements for the ward and the location of the ward's final resting place, although a relative entitled to receive notice about such information may elect not to receive the notice. The court under certain circumstances may relieve the guardian of the duty to notify those relatives about such information.