Administrative Order 2024-01 on County Payment of Attorney Ad Litem Fees in Guardianships and Guardianship-Related Matters (Bexar County Probate Court No. 1; effective May 15, 2024) · BenchPath

Administrative Order 2024-01 on County Payment of Attorney Ad Litem Fees in Guardianships and Guardianship-Related Matters (Bexar County Probate Court No. 1; effective May 15, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 8, 2026Administrative OrdersAdministrative Order Number 2024-01, Probate Court 1 Administrative Order on County Payment of Attorney Ad Litem Fees in Guardianships and Guardianship Related Matters, In the Probate Court, Bexar County, Texas (one page) — posted by Bexar County (www.bexar.org, Probate Court 1 page, View/42241).

Summary

Because county-paid guardian and attorney ad litems in indigent guardianship matters are paid from a limited county account and many delay their requests past the budget cycle, from May 15, 2024 ad litems in county-appointed indigent cases must file their fee requests within 60 days of the termination of their appointment, or the fees may not issue without a showing of substantial good cause.

Applies to

Applies to attorney and guardian ad litems appointed in county-paid indigent guardianship matters in Bexar County Probate Court No. 1 (Judge Oscar Kazen). The posted copy shows no signature; court-joined only. Not registered on TOPICs. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2024-01 IN RE: § § ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2024-01 § § § IN THE PROBATE COURT BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS PROBATE COURT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON COUNTY PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM FEES IN GUARDIANSHIPS AND GUARDIANSHIP RELATED MATTERS Whereas court appointed guardian ad litems and attorney ad litems who have been appointed to indigent guardianship matters are paid from a specified and limited county account; and, WHEREAS significant number of attorneys delay and do not request their fees within the applicable budget cycle, IT IS THEREFORE, ORDERED that effective on May 15, 2024, that attorney ad litems/guardian ad litems in county appointed indigent cases SHALL file their requests for fees no later than 60 days from the termination of their appointment or such fees may not issue without a showing of substantial good cause.

Source of truth

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2024-01 IN RE: § § ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2024-01 § § § IN THE PROBATE COURT BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS PROBATE COURT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON COUNTY PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM FEES IN GUARDIANSHIPS AND GUARDIANSHIP RELATED MATTERS Whereas court appointed guardian ad litems and attorney ad litems who have been appointed to indigent guardianship matters are paid from a spe

Official source: Bexar County Courts — www.bexar.org (county website; Civil District Courts, Presiding Court, individual district-court, County Courts, Probate Court, Justice of the Peace, Veterans Treatment Court, District Clerk and Attorney Information pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 8, 2026
Effective date: May 15, 2024
Last verified: September 8, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-bexar-ownsite-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (one page; OCR text layer read in full; "ATTORNERY" and "ad !items" corrected). No signature in the posted copy, so no judge join.

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High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Fourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A, filed 05/12/1988, published on the Duval Clerk's administrative-orders store — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

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