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Judge Kazen's rules for court-appointed attorneys in Probate Court No. 1: a 10-business-day cure period; "the list" of eligible attorneys (good standing, current State Bar contact information, guardianship certification under Estates Code § 1054.201–.203, county-vendor registration, three sub-lists for guardian ad litem, attorney ad litem in guardianships and ad litem in estates, posted annually and refreshed every 90 days, sequential appointment with off-wheel discretion); declinations within three days by contact and filing; voluntary and involuntary suspension and removal with notice and a show-cause hearing; fee considerations under Rule 1.04; payment coordinated through the party's counsel; a base flat fee of no more than $600 plus costs, county-pay itemized rate $150 per hour and private-pay itemized rates by years of practice ($200 to $375–450 per hour); "pink sheets" required in every case (the county-pay payment order; a data-report mechanism in private-pay cases); itemized requests over $600 require an application, pink sheet, proposed order, fee affidavit and billing statement reviewed by the court's auditor (county pay: 90-day deadline after discharge; paralegal $25 county pay, $50–150 private pay; no clerical, secretarial or "I called Martin" time); no delay of duties over fees, with final orders held pending payment or jurisdiction retained; interim payments capped at $600 during disputes; fee-dispute procedure with in-person hearings (county-pay itemized disputes within ten days; private-pay objections seven business days before the underlying hearing); written Rule 11 fee agreements; the court's discretion to modify any fee; and a one-page plain-language summary.
Applies to attorneys appointed from Bexar County Probate Court No. 1's list (Judge Oscar J. Kazen) and to the parties responsible for paying them, in all Probate Court 1 cases not paid out as of February 27, 2025. Not registered on TOPICs. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
PROBATE COURT ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER # 2025-01 RULES REGARDING PAYMENT OF APPROVED ATTORNEY AD-LITEM FEES IN BEXAR COUNTY PROBATE COURT 1 [File stamp: FILED IN MATTERS PROBATE, 2025 FEB 27 PM 4:57, LUCY ADAME-CLARK, CLERK PROBATE COURTS, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, BY (signature), DEPUTY] Preamble — pg. 1 APPOINTMENT OF COUNCEL I. Initial Compliance, Cure Time — 2 II. Court's Databank — 2 A. Minimum Qu
Reviewer note: Recomposed 2026-09-08 by vision-lane transcription of all 24 rendered pages of BenchPath's own-site custody copy (the county's OCR text layer carried scanning artifacts — "COJ]NCEL", "Allow~d", "attof!1eys", "Dis(!utes" — and was replaced page by page; the order's own spellings and idiosyncrasies — "COUNCEL", "Cannon 3 C (4)", "guardship", "herein after", "Cout's", "Bulen", "739 S.W. 739", "A VERY VERY VERY few attorneys" — are kept as printed; the file stamps and signature block are bracketed). Filed with the Probate Clerk February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM and effective that day; issued in the judge's name and signed, so judge-joined.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.
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