Tex. ESTATES Code ch. 1164 — LIABILITY OF GUARDIAN OR GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM | Texas Statutes — Texas

Tex. ESTATES Code § 1164.001. LIABILITY OF GUARDIAN.

A person is not liable to a third person solely because the person has been appointed guardian of a ward under this title. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.

Tex. ESTATES Code § 1164.002. IMMUNITY OF GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM.

A guardianship program is not liable for civil damages arising from an action taken or omission made by a person while providing guardianship services to a ward on behalf of the guardianship program, unless the action or omission was: (1) wilfully wrongful; (2) taken or made: (A) with conscious indifference to or reckless disregard for the safety of the ward or another; (B) in bad faith; or (C) with malice; or (3) grossly negligent. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.