Tex. Est. Code § 1155.052 · Subchapter B. COMPENSATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
ATTORNEY SERVING AS GUARDIAN AND PROVIDING RELATED LEGAL SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an attorney who serves as guardian and who also provides legal services in connection with the guardianship is not entitled to compensation for the guardianship services or payment of attorney's fees for the legal services from the ward's estate or other funds available for that purpose unless the attorney files with the court a detailed description of the services performed that identifies which of the services provided were guardianship services and which were legal services.
(b) An attorney described by Subsection (a) is not entitled to payment of attorney's fees for guardianship services that are not legal services.
(c) The court shall set the compensation of an attorney described by Subsection (a) for the performance of guardianship services in accordance with Subchapter A. The court shall set attorney's fees for an attorney described by Subsection (a) for legal services provided in accordance with Sections 1155.054, 1155.101, and 1155.151.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 2080), Sec. 17, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1155.htm
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1155.054PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES TO CERTAIN ATTORNEYS.Printed as Sections 1155.054, 1155.101, and 1155.151
- Tex. Est. Code § 1155.101REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES IN GENERAL.Printed as Sections 1155.054, 1155.101, and 1155.151
- Tex. Est. Code § 1155.151COSTS IN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING GENERALLY.Printed as Sections 1155.054, 1155.101, and 1155.151
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