Estates Code § 1355.152

Sec. 1355.152. PAYMENT OF MONEY TO INSTITUTION. (a) The judge of a county court, district court, or other court of this state may by order direct the court clerk to pay money to an eleemosynary institution of this state for the use and benefit of a resident of the institution if the court receives satisfactory proof by affidavit or otherwise that the resident: (1) is a person who has a mental disability, an incapacitated person, or a person whose mental illness or mental incapacity renders the person incapable of caring for himself or herself and of managing the person's property and financial affairs; and (2) has no known legal guardian appointed for the resident's estate. (b) The affidavit under Subsection (a) may be executed by the superintendent, business manager, or field representative of the institution of which the person is a resident. (c) The institution to which the payment is made under Subsection (a) may not be required to give bond or security for receiving the money from the court registry. (d) The receipt from the institution for a payment, or the canceled check or warrant by which the payment was made: (1) is sufficient evidence of the disposition of the payment; and (2) relieves the court clerk from further responsibility for the disposition. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.