Sec. 1104.103. DESIGNATION OF GUARDIAN BY WILL OR WRITTEN DECLARATION. (a) The surviving parent of an adult individual who is an incapacitated person may, if the parent is the guardian of the person of the adult individual, by will or written declaration appoint an eligible person to serve as guardian of the person of the adult individual after the parent dies or in the event of the parent's incapacity.
(b) After the surviving parent dies or if the court finds the surviving parent has become an incapacitated person after being appointed the adult individual's guardian, the court shall appoint the person designated in the will or declaration to serve as guardian in preference to any other person otherwise entitled to serve as guardian under this title, unless the court finds that the person designated to serve as guardian:
(1) is disqualified;
(2) is deceased;
(3) refuses to serve; or
(4) would not serve the adult individual's best interests.
(c) On compliance with this title, the eligible person appointed under Subsection (b) is also entitled to be appointed guardian of the estate of the adult individual after the surviving parent dies or in the event of the surviving parent's incapacity, if the surviving parent is the guardian of the estate of the adult individual.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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