Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · CHAPTER 107. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS, AND ADOPTION EVALUATIONS
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Tex. Fam. Code § 107.0133 (2026)

Discipline Of Attorney Ad Litem For Parent Or Alleged Father

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Sec. 107.0133. DISCIPLINE OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM FOR PARENT OR ALLEGED FATHER. An attorney ad litem appointed for a parent or an alleged father who fails to perform the duties required by Section 107.0131 or 107.0132, as applicable, is subject to disciplinary action under Subchapter E, Chapter 81, Government Code.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 647 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: In re B.D.A., 546 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2018).
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In re B.D.A., 546 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2018). “"An attorney ad litem appointed for a parent ... who fails to perform the duties required by Section 107.”
in the Interest of E.A.F., Child, 424 S.W.3d 742 (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Fam.Code § 107.0133. The Family Code provides that the attorney ad litem’s duties continue until the termination proceedings are dismissed or finally concluded unless the attorney is relieved or replaced “after a finding of good cause is rendered by the court on the…”
In the Interest of V.L.B., a Child, 445 S.W.3d 802 (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 107.0133. These expansive duties are commensurate with the seriousness of the rights at stake.”
in the Interest of M.A.B., IV, a Child (Tex. App. 2015). “3d at 478 (substance of appellant’s argument challenged certain aspects of counsel’s 27 performance and not complete failure and therefore did not support application of Cronic presumption); see also TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 107.0133 (West 2014) (consequence for counsel’s failure…”
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