Sec. 1203.202.  RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.  (a)  A successor guardian has the rights and powers and is subject to all the duties of the predecessor.
(b)  A guardian who accepts appointment and qualifies after letters of guardianship have been granted on the estate shall:
(1)  succeed in like manner to the predecessor; and
(2)  administer the estate in like manner as if the guardian's administration were a continuation of the former administration.
(c)  A successor guardian may:
(1)  make himself or herself, and be made, a party to a suit prosecuted by or against the successor's predecessor;
(2)  settle with the predecessor and receive and give a receipt for any portion of the estate property that remains in the predecessor's possession; or
(3)  commence a suit on the bond or bonds of the predecessor, in the successor's own name and capacity, for all the estate property that:
(A)  came into the predecessor's possession; and
(B)  has not been accounted for by the predecessor.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1031 (H.B. 1438), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2015.