2023 Texas Statutes › Estates Code › Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures › Subtitle D - Creation of Guardianship › Chapter 1104 - Selection of and Eligibility to Serve as Guardian › Subchapter D. Written Declaration by Certain Parents to Appoint Guardian for Their Children › Section 1104.153. Form and Content of Declaration and Self-Proving Affidavit

Sec. 1104.153.  FORM AND CONTENT OF DECLARATION AND SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT.  (a)  A declaration and affidavit may be in any form adequate to clearly indicate the declarant's intention to designate a guardian for the declarant's child.
(b)  The following form may be used but is not required to be used:
DECLARATION OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR MY CHILDREN
IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH OR INCAPACITY
I, __________, make this Declaration to appoint as guardian for my child or children, listed as follows, in the event of my death or incapacity:
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(add blanks as appropriate)
I designate __________ to serve as guardian of the person of my (child or children), __________ as first alternate guardian of the person of my (child or children), __________ as second alternate guardian of the person of my (child or children), and __________ as third alternate guardian of the person of my (child or children).
I direct that the guardian of the person of my (child or children) serve (with or without) bond.
(If applicable) I designate __________ to serve as guardian of the estate of my (child or children), __________ as first alternate guardian of the estate of my (child or children), __________ as second alternate guardian of the estate of my (child or children), and __________ as third alternate guardian of the estate of my (child or children).
If any guardian or alternate guardian dies, does not qualify, or resigns, the next named alternate guardian becomes guardian of my (child or children).
Signed this __________ day of __________, 20__.
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Declarant
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Witness                            Witness
SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared __________, the declarant, and __________ and __________ as witnesses, and all being duly sworn, the declarant said that the above instrument was his or her Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for the Declarant's Children in the Event of Declarant's Death or Incapacity and that the declarant had made and executed it for the purposes expressed in the declaration.  The witnesses declared to me that they are each 14 years of age or older, that they saw the declarant sign the declaration, that they signed the declaration as witnesses, and that the declarant appeared to them to be of sound mind.
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Declarant
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Affiant                            Affiant
Subscribed and sworn to before me by __________, the above named declarant, and __________ (names of affiants) affiants, on this ___ day of __________, 20__.
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Notary Public in and for the
State of Texas
My Commission expires:
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Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.