Mam’s guardianship hearing was supposed to be on the 14th. But the Travis County court wanted to get some confirmation about where things were left from the California court. So they rescheduled it to today.
It was supposed to be at 10 am. I met Candice Bocock, the probate lawyer I hired to help with this, at her office around 9:30 am. Then all three of us (Candice, me and her intern assistant) drove to the court a few blocks away.
There was another guardianship case in front of us. It was a guy wanting to get guardianship of person (GP) with full control over his dad. Both he and I had to watch a 20-30 minutes video of what being a GP meant.
Then both of us and our lawyers were called to the court room. The judge arrived. The guy went first. His case took a lot longer to hear. But the judge eventually granted the guardianship to him.
Then it was my turn. There was a question from the judge whether the California court expected us to transfer the guardianship of the estate (GE) to Texas then close in Texas, or was it already closed. Surprisingly, Candice did not know the answer to this and said that she was expecting a phone call back from the California lawyers. The judge did not want to wait for the phone call. Instead, he said, he’s going to assume the GE was already closed in California based on the fact that California had approved the *final* accounting.
So we proceeded with the hearing. I did not sit in the witness stand like the other guy did. Judge said I could sit on the bench next to Candice. Darn!!! 
Candice asked me questions that she already prepared me for: why we chose to move Mam here in Texas instead of Washington with my brother, how long I have lived here, etc. Then Mam’s appointed lawyer: Brooke somebody, asked me a few more questions: how I’m planning to pay for the nursing home, etc.
Then the judge granted the guardianship. And that was that.
This would be my first time to actually *be* in a court, part of a case. I was called on jury duty before but never made it to be part of a case.
My impression of the people in this court: they were quite friendly and reasonable. They did not look and act authoritarian or argumentative. The actual hearing went by quite fast.
I am now the official guardian of Mam.
