Texas Estates Code 1023.008 – Continuation of Guardianship
(a) When a guardianship is transferred from one county to another in accordance with this chapter:
(1) the guardianship proceeds in the court to which it was transferred as if it had been originally commenced in that court;
(2) the court to which the guardianship is transferred becomes the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction;
(3) a proceeding relating to the guardianship that is commenced in the court ordering the transfer continues in the court to which the guardianship is transferred as if the proceeding commenced in the receiving court;
(4) a judgment or order entered in the guardianship before the transfer has the same effect and must be enforced as a judgment or order entered by the court to which the guardianship is transferred; and
(5) the court ordering the transfer does not retain:
(A) jurisdiction of the ward who is the subject of the guardianship; and
(B) the authority to enforce an order entered for a violation of this title that occurred before or after the transfer.
(b) It is not necessary to record in the receiving court any of the papers in the case that were recorded in the court from which the case was transferred.
Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 1023.008
- Court: means and includes:
(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
(3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. See Texas Estates Code 22.007 - Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Ward: means a person for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Texas Estates Code 22.033