Nominate a guardian of your person or estate if a Texas court later needs to appoint one. The packet has distinct signing options; disqualifying someone from serving affects which option you may use. Nominate a guardian for future incapacity.
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Nominate a guardian of your person or estate if a Texas court later needs to appoint one. The packet has distinct signing options; disqualifying someone from serving affects which option you may use.
What you'll need
The original Texas Declaration of Guardian PDF and its instruction page.
The names, dates and records needed to nominate a guardian for future incapacity.
The recipient's requirements, acceptable identification and the qualified witnesses, if any, called for by this packet.
How to complete it
Download the Texas Declaration of Guardian packet and read its instructions without changing the original file.
Fill in the information needed to nominate a guardian for future incapacity. Ask a Texas attorney about legal choices you do not understand.
Use the packet's signing option and any required witnesses or notarial act. Arrange the appropriate participants before signing.
Save and print your completed packet, follow its recipient, delivery or recording directions, and keep your copy.
Choose an agent and successors to direct burial, cremation or other disposition after your death. Record any special directions and review the agent's acceptance and cost-responsibility provisions in this Texas packet.
State your preferences for life-sustaining treatment under the circumstances described in this Texas directive, also called a living will. Discuss the choices with your doctor and share the completed directive with your care team.
Identify the people allowed to receive specified protected health information and the limits and expiration of your permission. This authorization releases information; it does not appoint a financial agent or replace a medical power of attorney.
Appoint an agent and alternates to make health care decisions if you cannot make them yourself. Read the Texas disclosure statement and use the packet's notary option or its qualified-witness option; financial authority is a separate document.
Identify the Texas medical power of attorney or treatment directive you want to revoke. Follow the packet's notification directions so your agent and health care providers know which instructions are no longer in effect.
These forms are a free convenience, not legal advice. First Choice Mobile Notary & Apostille is not a law firm. Consult an attorney licensed in the relevant state for legal questions.