[Caption. See § 3 of the Introduction in this manual.]
Application to Transfer Guardianship
from [name of county] County, Texas,
Pursuant to Texas Estates Code Section 1023.003
[Name of applicant], Applicant, files this Application to transfer the guardianship in the above-entitled and -numbered cause from [name of transferring county] County to [name of receiving county] County, Texas, pursuant to section 1023.003 of the Texas Estates Code, and in support shows the following:
1. This Court adjudged [name of ward], Ward, incapacitated and appointed [name of guardian] to serve as the guardian of the person. The Court has been informed that Ward now resides at [address, city, county], County, Texas.
2. It is necessary and in the best interest of Ward that the proceedings in this cause be transferred from [designation of transferring court] Court in [name of transferring county] County, Texas, to the Court having probate jurisdiction in [name of receiving county] County, Texas, because Ward does not reside in [name of transferring county] County, Texas.
Applicant respectfully requests that on notice and hearing, this Application be granted and this case transferred to the Court having probate jurisdiction in [name of receiving county] County, Texas, there to continue as if it had been originally commenced in that Court and for such further relief as the Court may deem appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
[Name]
Attorney for Applicant
State Bar No.:
[Email address]
[Address]
[Telephone]
[Telecopier]
Certificate of Service
I certify that a true copy of this [title of document] was served in accordance with rule 21a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
SIGNED on ________________________________.
[Name of attorney]