Sec. 1251.006.  SCHEDULING OF HEARING.  (a)  Immediately after an application for a temporary guardianship is filed, the court shall issue an order setting a certain date for the hearing on the application.
(b)  Unless postponed as provided by Subsection (c), a hearing shall be held not later than the 10th day after the date the application for temporary guardianship is filed.
(c)  The proposed ward or the proposed ward's attorney may consent to postpone the hearing on the application for temporary guardianship for a period not to exceed 30 days after the date the application is filed.
(d)  An application for temporary guardianship takes precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.