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Texas Estates Code § 1053.104

Confidentiality of Certain Information

Other Court Duties and Procedures · Procedures for Guardianship Proceedings

(a) On request by a person protected by a protective order issued under Chapter 85, Family Code, or a guardian, attorney ad litem, or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude from any document filed in a guardianship proceeding:

(1) the address and phone number of the person protected by the protective order;

(2) the place of employment or business of the person protected by the protective order;

(3) the school attended by the person protected by the protective order or the day-care center or other child-care facility the person attends or in which the person resides; and

(4) the place at which service of process on the person protected by the protective order was effectuated.

(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:

(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and

(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by the court.

Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 2080), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2014.