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2025 Texas Statutes
Estates Code
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Chapter 1002 - Definitions
Section 1002.017. Incapacitated Person
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Sec. 1002.017. INCAPACITATED PERSON. "Incapacitated person" means:
(1) a minor;
(2) an adult who, because of a physical or mental condition, is substantially unable to:
(A) provide food, clothing, or shelter for himself or herself;
(B) care for the person's own physical health; or
(C) manage the person's own financial affairs; or
(3) a person who must have a guardian appointed for the person to receive funds due the person from a governmental source.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
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