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Constitutional Law - United States; Disabled Persons; Family Law; Guardian and Ward; Mental Health/Cognitive Disability

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Texas Attorney General Opinion

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.

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