Tex. Health & Safety Code § 593.043 · Subchapter C. COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY
REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL; APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The proposed resident shall be represented by an attorney who shall represent the rights and legal interests of the proposed resident without regard to who initiates the proceedings or pays the attorney's fee.
(b) If the proposed resident cannot afford counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney not later than the 11th day before the date set for the hearing.
(c) An attorney appointed under this section is entitled to a reasonable fee. The county in which the proceeding is brought shall pay the attorney's fee from the county's general fund.
(d) The parent, if the proposed resident is a minor, or the guardian of the person may be represented by legal counsel during the proceedings.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.593.htm
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