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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PROBATE CODE |
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Chapter XIII. GUARDIANSHIP |
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Part 2. GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS |
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Subpart H. COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND COURT COSTS |
Sec. 665D. COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES OF ATTORNEY SERVING AS GUARDIAN
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, an attorney who serves as guardian and who also provides legal services in connection with the guardianship is not entitled to compensation for the guardianship services or payment of attorney's fees for the legal services from the ward's estate or other funds available for that purpose unless the attorney files with the court a detailed description of the services performed that identifies which of the services provided were guardianship services and which were legal services.
(b) An attorney described by Subsection (a) of this section is not entitled to payment of attorney's fees for guardianship services that are not legal services.
(c) The court shall set the compensation of an attorney described by Subsection (a) of this section for the performance of guardianship services in accordance with Section 665 of this code. The court shall set attorney's fees for an attorney described by Subsection (a) of this section for legal services provided in accordance with Sections 665A, 665B, and 666 of this code.