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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle A - GENERAL PROVISIONSChapter 107 - SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS, AND ADOPTION EVALUATIONS
Subchapter A - COURT-ORDERED REPRESENTATION IN SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
Section 107.010 - Discretionary Appointment of Attorney Ad Litem for Incapacitated Person

Tex. Fam. Code § 107.010

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 107.010 - Discretionary Appointment of Attorney Ad Litem for Incapacitated Person

The court may appoint an attorney to serve as an attorney ad litem for a person entitled to service of citation in a suit if the court finds that the person is incapacitated. The attorney ad litem shall follow the person's expressed objectives of representation and, if appropriate, refer the proceeding to the proper court for guardianship proceedings.

Tex. Fam. Code § 107.010

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2003.