H.B. No. 585
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the jurisdiction and procedures of a probate court in
  certain guardianship proceedings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 154.309(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A court that obtains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
  of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving a
  disabled person who is a child retains continuing, exclusive
  jurisdiction of subsequent proceedings involving the person,
  including proceedings after the person is an adult.
  Notwithstanding this subsection and any other law, a probate court
  may exercise jurisdiction in a guardianship proceeding for the
  person after the person is an adult.
         SECTION 2.  Section 606, Texas Probate Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
         (k)  A statutory probate court or other court exercising the
  jurisdiction of a probate court has jurisdiction in a guardianship
  proceeding involving a disabled adult for whom another court
  obtained continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in a suit affecting the
  parent-child relationship when the person was a child.
         SECTION 3.  Section 682A, Texas Probate Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding any other law, if the applicant who
  files an application under Subsection (a) of this section or
  Section 682 of this code is a person who was appointed conservator
  of a disabled child for whom a court obtains jurisdiction under
  Section 606(k) of this code, the applicant may present to the court
  a written letter or certificate that meets the requirements of
  Section 687(a) of this code.
         (a-2)  If, on receipt of the letter or certificate described
  by Subsection (a-1) of this section, the court is able to make the
  findings required by Section 684 of this code, the court,
  notwithstanding Section 677 of this code, shall appoint the
  conservator as guardian without conducting a hearing and shall, to
  the extent possible, preserve the terms of possession and access to
  the ward that applied before the court obtained jurisdiction under
  Section 606(k) of this code.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  guardianship proceeding pending in a trial court on or filed on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 585 was passed by the House on March
  22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 585 on May 17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 585 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 15, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor