A district judge may appoint counsel to attend to the cause of a party who makes an affidavit that he is too poor to employ counsel to attend to the cause.
Tex. Gov't Code § 24.016
APPOINTED COUNSEL
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Knie v. Piskun (2000)
Most recently applied in In re C.L.S. (October 2012)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.