Texas Estates Code Title 3, Chapter 1054 - Court Officers And Court-appointed Persons

SUBCHAPTER A ATTORNEYS AD LITEM AND INTERPRETERS

• Texas Section 1054.001 - Appointment Of Attorney Ad Litem In Proceeding For Appointment Of Guardian
  In a proceeding under this title for the appointment of a guardian, the court shall appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the proposed ward's...
• Texas Section 1054.002 - Term Of Appointment
  (a) Unless the court determines that the continued appointment of an attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 is in the ward's best interests, the...
• Texas Section 1054.003 - Access To Records
  An attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 shall be provided copies of all of the current records in the guardianship case. The attorney may...
• Texas Section 1054.004 - Duties
  (a) An attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 shall interview the proposed ward within a reasonable time before the hearing in the proceeding for...
• Texas Section 1054.005 - Appointment Of Interpreter
  At the time the court appoints the attorney ad litem under Section 1054.001, the court shall appoint a language interpreter or sign interpreter if necessary...
• Texas Section 1054.006 - Representation Of Ward Or Proposed Ward By Attorney
  (a) The following persons may at any time retain an attorney who holds a certificate required by Subchapter E to represent the person's interests in...

SUBCHAPTER B GUARDIANS AD LITEM

• Texas Section 1054.007 - Attorneys Ad Litem
  (a) Except in a situation in which this title requires the appointment to represent the interests of the person, a court may appoint an attorney...
• Texas Section 1054.051 - Appointment Of Guardian Ad Litem In Guardianship Proceeding
  The judge may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of an incapacitated person in a guardianship proceeding. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1054.052 - Appointment Of Guardian Ad Litem Relating To Certain Other Suits
  In the interest of judicial economy, the court may appoint as guardian ad litem under Section 1104.354(1) the person who has been appointed attorney ad...
• Texas Section 1054.053 - Term Of Certain Appointments
  Unless the court determines that the continued appointment of a guardian ad litem appointed in a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian is in...
• Texas Section 1054.054 - Duties
  (a) A guardian ad litem is an officer of the court. (b) A guardian ad litem shall protect the incapacitated person whose interests the guardian...
• Texas Section 1054.055 - Compensation And Expenses
  (a) A guardian ad litem is entitled to reasonable compensation for services provided in the amount set by the court, to be taxed as costs...

SUBCHAPTER C COURT VISITORS

• Texas Section 1054.056 - Immunity
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a guardian ad litem appointed under this subchapter or Section 1102.001 or 1202.054 to represent the interests of an incapacitated...
• Texas Section 1054.101 - Inapplicability Of Subchapter To Certain Guardianships
  This subchapter does not apply to a guardianship created only because the appointment of a guardian for a person is necessary for the person to...
• Texas Section 1054.102 - Operation Of Court Visitor Program
  (a) Each statutory probate court shall operate a court visitor program to assess the conditions of wards and proposed wards. (b) A court, other than...
• Texas Section 1054.103 - Evaluation Of Ward Or Proposed Ward
  A court, at any time before a guardian is appointed for a proposed ward or during the pendency of a guardianship of the person or...
• Texas Section 1054.104 - Evaluation Report
  (a) A court visitor appointed under Section 1054.103 shall file the report on the evaluation of a ward or proposed ward not later than the...

SUBCHAPTER D COURT INVESTIGATORS

• Texas Section 1054.105 - Compensation
  (a) A court that operates a court visitor program shall use persons willing to serve as court visitors without compensation to the greatest extent possible....
• Texas Section 1054.151 - Investigation Of Guardianship Application
  On the filing of an application for guardianship under Section 1101.001, a court investigator shall investigate the circumstances alleged in the application to determine whether...
• Texas Section 1054.152 - General Duties
  A court investigator shall: (1) supervise a court visitor program established under Subchapter C and, in that capacity, serve as the chief court visitor; (2)...
• Texas Section 1054.153 - Investigation Report
  (a) A court investigator shall file with the court a report containing the court investigator's findings and conclusions after conducting an investigation under Section 1054.151...
• Texas Section 1054.154 - Effect Of Subchapter On Other Law
  Nothing in this subchapter supersedes any duty or obligation of another to report or investigate abuse or neglect under any statute of this state. Added...

SUBCHAPTER E QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE AS COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY

• Texas Section 1054.155 - Notice Regarding Request To Financial Institution For Customer Records
  If a request is made to a financial institution for a customer record in connection with an investigation conducted under Section 1054.151 or 1054.152, the...
• Texas Section 1054.201 - Certification Required
  (a) An attorney for an applicant for guardianship and a court-appointed attorney in a guardianship proceeding, including an attorney ad litem, must be certified by...
• Texas Section 1054.202 - Certificate Expiration
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a certificate issued under this subchapter expires on the second anniversary of the date the certificate is issued....
• Texas Section 1054.203 - Eligibility For Appointment On Expiration Of Certificate
  An attorney whose certificate issued under this subchapter has expired must obtain a new certificate to be eligible for appointment by a court to represent...

Last modified: September 28, 2016