Guardianship Alternatives

Guardianship Alternatives, Entity License

Discover the many alternatives to guardianship that are available to Texas residents. By providing an overview of alternatives along with access to specific forms that can be used to avoid a court-supervised administration of affairs, this book supports practitioners in every area. Administer knowledgeable and cost-effective legal support to families making plans for financial and medical care with Guardianship Alternatives.

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  • The entire Guardianship Alternatives in PDF

Hard copy book specifications:

  • 1 softbound volume
  • 192 pages
  • 7.5″ x 10″ x 0.75″

ISBN: 978-1-938873-47-8 © 2016

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Summary of Contents

§ 1 Scope of Book
§ 2 Supports and Services
§ 3 Bank Accounts
§ 4 Appointment of Representative Payee for Receipt of Social Security Benefits
§ 5 Guardianship of Veterans and Dependents
§ 5.1 Authority
§ 5.2 Legal Custodianship
§ 5.3 Duty of Department of Veterans Affairs
§ 5.4 Benefits
§ 5.5 Veterans Justice Outreach Program
§ 5.6 Veterans Courts
§ 5.7 Assistance
§ 6 Payment of Employees Retirement System Funds
§ 7 Managing and Possessory Conservatorship for Minor
§ 8 Authorization Agreement for Nonparent Relative
§ 9 Removal of Disabilities of Minor
§ 10 School Admission Procedures
§ 11 Durable Power of Attorney
§ 12 Statutory Durable Power of Attorney
§ 13 Supported Decision-Making Agreements
§ 14 Real Estate Power of Attorney
§ 15 Medical Power of Attorney
§ 16 Directive to Physicians
§ 17 Consent of Nonparent under Family Code
§ 18 Emergency Care
§ 19 Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
§ 20 End-Stage Planning and Palliative Care—Statement of Intent
§ 21 Surrogate Decision Making
§ 21.1 Incapacitated Individuals and Inmates
§ 21.2 Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
§ 22 Interventional Alternatives
§ 22.1 Emergency Order for Protective Services
§ 22.2 Court-Ordered Mental Health Services
§ 22.3 Driving Issues—License Renewal in Person over Age Seventy-Nine and the “Re-Test Request”
§ 23 Designation of Guardian in Event of Later Incapacity or Need for Guardian
§ 24 Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for Children in Event of Death
§ 25 Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
§ 26 Payment of Claims without Guardianship
§ 27 Management of Funds Recovered for Minor or Incapacitated Person in Lawsuit Brought by Next Friend or Guardian Ad Litem
§ 28 Trusts
§ 28.1 Purpose and Function
§ 28.2 Inter Vivos Revocable Trust for Grantor
§ 28.3 Texas Property Code Section 142 Trusts
§ 28.4 Mandatory Provisions for Texas Property Code Section 142 Trusts
§ 28.5 Special Needs Trusts under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396p(d)(4)(A)
§ 28.6 Guardianship Management Trusts
§ 28.6:1 Termination of Guardianship
§ 28.6:2 Application to Create Trust
§ 28.6:3 Best Interest
§ 28.6:4 Trustee
§ 28.6:5 Distribution Standard
§ 28.6:6 Bond
§ 28.6:7 Liability
§ 28.6:8 Amending Trust
§ 28.6:9 Annual Account
§ 28.6:10 Termination
§ 28.6:11 Final Account
§ 28.6:12 Application and Order to Discharge
§ 28.6:13 Pay-Back Provision in Special Needs Trust
§ 28.6:14 Parents’ Duty to Support Child
§ 28.6:15 Taxes
§ 28.7 Pooled Trust Subaccounts
§ 28.8 Testamentary Trust for Another
§ 28.9 Trusts for Intellectually Disabled
§ 29 Management of Community Property by Spouse
§ 30 Order of No Administration
§ 31 Transfer under Texas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
§ 32 Sales of Property
§ 32.1 Sale of Property without Guardianship—Minor
§ 32.2 Sale of Property without Guardianship of Estate
§ 33 Receivership
§ 34 Social Service Agencies
§ 35 Mediation and Family Settlement Agreements

Guardianship Resources
Statutes and Rules Cited
Cases Cited
Subject Index

Contributors

Author Committee

SARAH PATEL PACHECO, Chair
JUDGE STEVE M. KING, Judicial Liaison
STEVEN D. FIELDS
TERRY HAMMOND
CRAIG HOPPER
LISA H. JAMIESON
R. KEITH MORRIS III
JUDGE AMANDA N. TORRES
WESLEY E. WRIGHT