Texas Estates Code Title 3, Chapter 1155 - Compensation, Expenses, And Court Costs

SUBCHAPTER A COMPENSATION OF GUARDIANS IN GENERAL

• Texas Section 1155.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Gross income" does not include United States Department of Veterans Affairs or social security benefits received by a ward. (2) "Money...
• Texas Section 1155.002 - Compensation For Certain Guardians Of The Person
  (a) The court may authorize compensation for a guardian serving as a guardian of the person alone from available funds of the ward's estate or...
• Texas Section 1155.003 - Compensation For Guardian Of The Estate
  (a) The guardian of an estate is entitled to reasonable compensation on application to the court at the time the court approves an annual or...
• Texas Section 1155.004 - Considerations In Authorizing Compensation
  In determining whether to authorize compensation for a guardian under this subchapter, the court shall consider: (1) the ward's monthly income from all sources; and...
• Texas Section 1155.005 - Maximum Aggregate Compensation
  Except as provided by Section 1155.006(a) for a fee the court determines is unreasonably low, the aggregate fee of the guardian of the person and...
• Texas Section 1155.006 - Modification Of Unreasonably Low Compensation; Authorization For Payment Of Estimated Quarterly Compensation
  (a) On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, the court may: (1) review and modify the amount of compensation authorized...
• Texas Section 1155.007 - Reduction Or Elimination Of Estimated Quarterly Compensation
  (a) A court that authorizes payment of estimated quarterly compensation under Section 1155.006(a) may later reduce or eliminate the guardian's compensation if, on review of...

SUBCHAPTER B COMPENSATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Texas Section 1155.008 - Denial Of Compensation
  On application of an interested person or on the court's own motion, the court may wholly or partly deny a fee authorized under this subchapter...
• Texas Section 1155.052 - Attorney Serving As Guardian And Providing Related Legal Services
  (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...
• Texas Section 1155.053 - Compensation For Services To Recover Property
  (a) Subject only to the approval of the court in which the estate is being administered and except as provided by Subsection (b), a guardian...

SUBCHAPTER C EXPENSES

• Texas Section 1155.054 - Payment Of Attorney's Fees To Certain Attorneys
  (a) A court that creates a guardianship or creates a management trust under Chapter 1301 for a ward, on request of a person who filed...
• Texas Section 1155.101 - Reimbursement Of Expenses In General
  A guardian is entitled to reimbursement from the guardianship estate for all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in performing any duty as a guardian, including...
• Texas Section 1155.102 - Reimbursement Of Expenses For Collection Of Claim Or Debt
  On satisfactory proof to the court, a guardian of an estate is entitled to all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the guardian in collecting...

SUBCHAPTER D COSTS IN GENERAL

• Texas Section 1155.103 - Expense Charges: Requirements
  All expense charges shall be: (1) in writing, showing specifically each item of expense and the date of the expense; (2) verified by affidavit of...
• Texas Section 1155.151 - Costs In Guardianship Proceeding Generally
  (a) In a guardianship proceeding, the court costs of the proceeding, including the costs described by Subsection (a-1), shall, except as provided by Subsection (c),...

SUBCHAPTER E COMPENSATION AND COSTS IN GUARDIANSHIPS FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS

• Texas Section 1155.152 - Certain Costs Adjudged Against Guardian
  If costs are incurred because a guardian neglects to perform a required duty or is removed for cause, the guardian and the sureties on the...
• Texas Section 1155.201 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Applied income" means the portion of the earned and unearned income of a recipient of medical assistance, or if applicable the...
• Texas Section 1155.202 - Compensation And Costs Payable Under Medical Assistance Program
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title and to the extent permitted by federal law, a court that appoints a guardian for a recipient...

Last modified: September 28, 2016