Tex. Est. Code § 1202.101 · Subchapter C. REPRESENTATION OF WARD IN PROCEEDING FOR COMPLETE RESTORATION OF WARD'S CAPACITY OR MODIFICATION OF GUARDIANSHIP
APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless the ward retains an attorney under Section 1202.103, the court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent a ward in a proceeding for the complete restoration of the ward's capacity or for the modification of the ward's guardianship. Unless otherwise provided by the court, the attorney ad litem shall represent the ward only for purposes of the restoration or modification proceeding. The attorney ad litem shall represent the ward's interests, including the ward's expressed wishes.
(b) The attorney ad litem has an attorney-client relationship with the ward the attorney ad litem is appointed to represent under this section.
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 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (S.B. 1624), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1202.htm
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Estates Code
- Tex. Est. Code § 1054.006REPRESENTATION OF WARD OR PROPOSED WARD BY ATTORNEY.Printed as Section 1202.101
- Tex. Est. Code § 1054.051APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING.Printed as Section 1054.052, 1202.101, or 1203.051
- Tex. Est. Code § 1202.102COMPENSATION FOR ATTORNEY AD LITEM AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM.Printed as Section 1202.101
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