Fill and Sign the Statutory Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for My Child in the Event of My Death or Incapacity Texas Form

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: __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ (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 ________ . ___________________________________ Declarant ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 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. ________________________________ Declarant ________________________________ ______________________________________ Affiant Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me by __________, the above named declarant, and __________ (names of affiants) affiants, on this ___ day of ________, 20__. _______________________________________ Notary Public in and for the State of Texas My Commission expires: _______________________________________ As an alternative to the self-proving affidavit above, this form may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved by using the following: I, ______________________________ , as declarant, after being duly sworn, declare to the undersigned witnesses and to the undersigned authority that this instrument is my Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for My Children in the Event of My Death or Incapacity, and that I have made and executed it for the purposes expressed in the declaration. I now sign this declaration in the presence of the attesting witnesses and the undersigned authority on this _____day of __________, 20___. _________________________________ Declarant The undersigned, ______________________________ and ______________________________ , each being 14 years of age or older, after being duly sworn, declare to the declarant and to the undersigned authority that the declarant declared to us that this instrument is the declarant's Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for the Declarant's Children in the Event of Declarant's Death or Incapacity and that the declarant executed it for the purposes expressed in the declaration. The declarant then signed this declaration and we believe the declarant to be of sound mind. We now sign our names as attesting witnesses on this _____ day of __________20____. _________________________________ Witness _________________________________ Witness Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named declarant, and affiants, this _____day of _________________________________, 20___. _________________________________ Notary Public in and for the State of Texas My Commission expires: _________________________________