the problem, as it was explained to me, with just getting the paper without going through the full process is a bit like proving that ghosts do not exist. While Texas law states that by default the parent is the financial guardian, you don't know if there is other paperwork overriding the default. I could be some dead-beat dad behind on child support trying to make off with the child's inheritance. Without doing the full court search you don't know what other rulings might be out there countermanding the default.....
