Texas § 107.303 CREATION OF MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM.

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§ 107.303 — CREATION OF MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM.

Texas § 107.303

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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 107.303 (2026).

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Sec. 107.303. CREATION OF MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM.

(a)The commissioners court of a county, on written approval of a judge of a statutory county court or a district court having family law jurisdiction in the county, may appoint a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or local bar association to operate a managed assigned counsel program for the legal representation of:

(1)a child in a suit in which appointment is mandatory under Section 107.012; or

(2)a parent in a suit in which appointment is mandatory under Section 107.013.

(b)The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into a written agreement to jointly appoint and fund a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or bar association to operate a program that provides legal representation for children,

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Sec. 107.303. CREATION OF MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM. (a) The commissioners court of a county, on written approval of a judge of a statutory county court or a district court having family law jurisdiction in the county, may appoint a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or local bar association to operate a managed assigned counsel program for the legal representation of:
(1) a child in a suit in which appointment is mandatory under Section 107.012; or
(2) a parent in a suit in which appointment is mandatory under Section 107.013.
(b) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into a written agreement to jointly appoint and fund a governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or bar association to operate a program that provides legal representation for children, parents, or both children and parents.
(c) In appointing an entity to operate a program under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall specify or the commissioners courts shall jointly specify:
(1) the types of cases in which the program may appoint counsel under this section, and the courts in which the counsel appointed by the program may be required to appear; and
(2) the term of any agreement establishing a program and how the agreement may be terminated or renewed.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 571 (H.B. 3003 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Redesignated from Family Code, Section 107.103 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488 ), Sec. 24.001(7), eff. September 1, 2017.