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Administrative standing order of the two county courts at law: for six listed kinds of probate and guardianship applications the Clerk collects, at filing, a $550 Attorney Ad Litem Retainer Deposit (administrative fee waived) unless an affidavit of indigency is on file; the deposit is held for payment of the court-ordered ad litem fee; if the court orders less than $550 the excess is refunded to the applicant, if more the order says how the additional fee is paid; accumulated interest is returned to the applicant or, on the applicant's request, deposited in the county general fund.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hunt County > County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2. Applications for guardianship, temporary guardianship, administration with determination of heirship, determination of heirship, sale of a minor's or ward's interest in property, and for an attorney ad litem, filed on or after April 1, 2024, unless an affidavit of indigency has been filed.
COUNTY COURTS AT LAW IN AND FOR HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING SECURITY FOR ATTORNEY AD LITEM COSTS The Court, on its own motion, enters this administrative standing order regarding payment of Attorney Ad Litems appointed in the following cases: (1) Application for Appointment of Guardian, (2) Application for Appointment of Temporary Guardian, (3) Combined Application for Appointment of Independent/Dependent Administration with a Determination of Heirship, (4) Application for Determination of Heirship, (5) Application for Sale of a Minor's Interest in Property by a Parent or a Ward without Guardianship of the Estate, and (6) Application for Attorney Ad Litem. Texas Estates Code provides that the court shall appoint an Attorney Ad Litem to represent the interests of a proposed ward in the above matters. The Court finds the sum of $550 represents a reasonable amount to be deposited in contemplation of payment for services of the Attorney Ad Litem. In the above referenced matters. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED and DECREED that effective APRIL 1, 2024, unless an affidavit of indigency has been filed, in any and all applications or motions listed above filed thereafter, the Clerk of the Court shall collect an Attorney Ad Litem Retainer Deposit in the amount of $550, with administrative fee waived. The Attorney Ad Litem Retainer Deposit shall be held by the Clerk of the Court for the payment of the fees of the Attorney Ad Litem upon a proper order directing the taxing of the same as costs in the proceeding. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED and DECREED that the Attorney Ad Litem Deposit will be used as payment of the Court ordered Attorney Ad Litem fees. If the Court orders less than the $550, the excess will be refunded to the applicant. If the Court orders payment of more than $550, the order will indicate how the additional fee will be paid. Upon order of this Court, the Clerk of the Court shall release the Attorney Ad Litem Retainer deposit, minus any interest accumulated, as outlined in the Court's order. Any interest accumulated from the ad litem deposit will be returned to the applicant or upon request of the applicant, deposited into the Hunt County General Fund. SIGNED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024. [signature] JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN HUNT COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 [signature] JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFIELD HUNT COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD at 1:44 o'clock P.M., FEB 20 2024, BECKY LANDRUM, County Clerk, Hunt County, Tex., by [signature]]
COUNTY COURTS AT LAW IN AND FOR HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING SECURITY FOR ATTORNEY AD LITEM COSTS The Court, on its own motion, enters this administrative standing order regarding payment of Attorney Ad Litems appointed in the following cases: (1) Application for Appointm
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/1816.pdf (application/pdf, 155222 bytes, sha256 fa10e429416cbdbf073863b9b8d60b540fd0b2daed3ee31495eaa5e257341f9c; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. One-page scan read by eye; typed from the page; running footer dropped. Printed as on the instrument: the sentence fragment 'In the above referenced matters.' The letterhead prints the second judge's name as 'JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED'; the signature block prints 'LITTLEFIELD'. Both are kept as printed. Second receipt: TOPICs 2052 (registered August 28, 2024) is a second scan of the same signed and file-stamped order with a handwritten name at the head and highlighting on its last paragraph - one rule, two receipts.
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