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Administrative Order 2025-2 — Order Requiring Security for Appointees' Fees (Harris County Probate Courts) — Harris County, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 02/03/2025). The operative requirements are quoted from the registered document; the registered document is the controlling text.
Texas > Harris County > Statutory Probate Courts Nos. 1-5
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED pursuant to Texas Estates Code §§ 53.052 & 1053.052 that, upon filing of 1) Applications for the Determination of Heirship and 2) Applications for the Appointment of a Guardian, Applicants shall pay the amount of $750.00 as security for the costs for the Attorney Ad Litem appointed in their case. The provision in this paragraph shall take effect no sooner than March 3, 2025. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Applicants who have filed an Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs in the case shall not be required to deposit the security for the costs for the Attorney Ad Litem appointed in their case. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Harris County Clerk shall collect and place the funds into a Court Appointed Ad Litem Fund (not the Registry of the Court) until ordered by the Court to pay such funds to the Appointee. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Harris County Clerk's Office, Harris County Probate Courts, and the Harris County Auditor's Office shall collaborate to devise a reasonable reconciliation process related to the collection and disbursement of these funds. Signed February 3, 2025, by the Administrative Judge of the Harris County Probate Courts.
Reviewer note: Operative provisions transcribed by vision-read of the registered scanned document (rasterized at 170 dpi; the embedded text layer is absent or corrupt); the registered document (sha256 e0528aa9bbfc…) is the controlling text. As the later county-wide order on the same subject, this supersedes Probate Court No. 4's single-court Order Requiring Security for Appointees' Fees of August 16, 2024 (TOPICs doc 2268, $700.00 beginning October 1, 2024).
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.