Sec. 1054.056. IMMUNITY  


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  • (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 person in a guardianship proceeding involving the creation, modification, or termination of a guardianship is not liable for civil damages arising from a recommendation made or an opinion given in the capacity of guardian ad litem.

    (b) This section does not apply to a recommendation or opinion that is:

    (1) wilfully wrongful;

    (2) given:

    (A) with conscious indifference to or reckless disregard for the safety of another;

    (B) with malice; or

    (C) in bad faith; or

    (3) grossly negligent.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 , Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.