Texas Guardianship Issues Biennial Report: 2000 Page: 30
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certificate to establish probable cause before appointing a guardian ad litem or
court investigator to investigate the need for a guardianship. The 76th
Legislature responded by passing HB 2165 which added Section 683 to the
Texas Probate Code that allows a Court to require a statutory form information
letter and/or a physician's certificate under Section 687 of the Texas Probate
Code before appointing a guardian ad litem or court investigator to investigate
the need for a guardianship or less restrictive assistance.
Court initiated guardianship is used to varying degrees by the Statutory Probate
Courts across the state. Court initiated guardianship is not widely used by the
County Courts with guardianship jurisdiction across the state. Many County
Courts judges consider Section 683 of the Texas Probate Code to be an
unfunded state mandate on the counties. Some County Court judges, however,
have approached their Commissioner's Courts asking for specific funds to
allow them to establish court initiated guardianship policies.
In the 1998 Report, the Board suggested that funds be provided to the
Alliance at HHSC to allow the Alliance to partially reimburse counties for
some of the expenses of court initiated guardianships. The Board received
no response from the 76th Legislature on this idea, and no funds were
provided to the Alliance for this purpose. The Board continues to support
this idea as a way to encourage more County Court judges to comply with
Section 683 of the Texas Probate Code because without court initiated
guardianships, courts have no way of knowing the number of individuals
in their counties who may need guardianship or less restrictive assistance.30
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Guardianship Alliance of Texas. Texas Guardianship Issues Biennial Report: 2000, report, December 1, 2000; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1544020/m1/36/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.