Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 1104.152 - Requirements for Declaration(a) A declaration appointing an eligible person to be guardian of the person of a parent's child under Section 1104.053(a) or 1104.103(a) must be signed by the declarant and be:(1) written wholly in the declarant's handwriting; or(2) attested to in the declarant's presence by at least two credible witnesses who are:(A) 14 years of age or older; and(B) not named as guardian or alternate guardian in the declaration.(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a declaration that is not written wholly in the declarant's handwriting may be signed by another person for the declarant under the direction of and in the presence of the declarant.(c) A declaration described by Subsection (a)(2) may have attached a self-proving affidavit signed by the declarant and the witnesses attesting to: (1) the competence of the declarant; and(2) the execution of the declaration.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823, Sec. 1.02, eff. 1/1/2014.