Texas Estates Code 1052.001 – Guardianship Docket
(a) The county clerk shall maintain a record book titled “Judge’s Guardianship Docket” and shall record in the book:
(1) the name of each person with respect to whom, or with respect to whose estate, a proceeding is commenced or sought to be commenced;
(2) the name of the guardian of the estate or person or of the applicant for letters of guardianship;
(3) the date each original application for a guardianship proceeding is filed;
(4) a notation of each order, judgment, decree, and proceeding that occurs in each guardianship, including the date it occurs; and
(5) the docket number of each guardianship as assigned under Subsection (b).
(b) The county clerk shall assign a docket number to each guardianship in the order a proceeding is commenced.
Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 1052.001
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Docket: means the probate docket. See Texas Estates Code 22.011
- Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
(1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
(2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
(3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012 - Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027