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Guardian And Ward

Summaries

GA-0406
Greg Abbott

Meet before hearings with the child or the individual with whom the child ordinarily resides, attorney ad litem's duty under section 107.004(d) of the Texas Family Code to |Attorney ad litem's duty under Texas Family Code section 107.004(d) to meet before hearings with the child or the individual with whom the child ordinarily resides|Attorney ad litem's duty under Family Code section 107.004(d) to meet before hearings with the child or the individual with whom the child ordinarily resides|Meet|Feasible

JC-0461
John Cornyn

Access to records, federally-funded state protection and advocacy systems for persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities may, in accordance with federal law, have access to records even if person's legal guardian objects to such access|Inconsistent state laws, although Texas law grants legal guardians the right of care, control, and protection of their wards, the Supremacy Clause requires inconsistent state laws to yield to valid federal laws and regulations|Access to records of persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities who reside in facilities operated by the Department, a federally-funded state protection and advocacy system for such persons, Advocacy, Inc., may have access to records even i

KP-0485
Ken Paxton

Whether a court with probate jurisdiction may authorize guardians to require a mentally incapacitated ward who wishes to act as a pro se defendant to instead use legal counsel in criminal or civil proceedings or may themselves proceed pro se on the ward’s behalf, as well as whether an attorney who aids non-attorney guardians in acting as a ward’s pro se alter ego improperly assists in the unauthorized practice of law.