### R-494

THE ATTORNEY GENE&&'.

OFTEXAS

PRICE DANIEL’ Aun~l~ I;.""""""""""s ATTORNEY

GENERAL June 12, 

### 1947

I Hon. Looneg E. Lindsey Opinion Ho. V-247

County Attorney Upshur County Ret: Authority of County Oilmer, Texas Attorney to represent & PBI’BORBEdCiZ@ t0 ha;laels asnity Fe-

. Dear sir: ‘i “.,i Your requert ‘for qn opinion iron thir office iS, in mt, 88 fOllOVB1

"1. By virtue of Article 

### 32 of the Code of Crlmlnal Prooedure ie a County Attopsy sating ins his u oapaoitg prohibited from representing a person seeking to have his Bt3lZity restored.
"The particular 'caseIs ohe in whloh a IMU& v&a adjudged lnsaq about three 

### (3)* Yeats ago during tUe admlnlatratloo of a ,; prevtoue county

### Attorney.
"2. By virtue of Article 32 of the Code of CHminal Prdcedure is 

### a Coiu'itp Attorney acting ,in his officlaq capacity prohibited from representing a person Beaking to have his smity restored?"
Article 32,,

V.C.C.P., provides, in iwt8



### Art10105550,V.O.S.,pzJovldes, lnpart,em. follover .I. ; / :*' *Hon. Loonoy IL Lindsey - Paepe2 ~



### ‘wlwa Oh&ea t0 be Inat&&a8 deientlant. 'JheCounty Attorue~ OF the Distrlat Attop

### ney in cq+n$lee haying no County Attorney,, on the be entitled t0 COUXXW~; end in paper OBBBBthe 

### CountyJudge 

### nay~appoint purporo.
.‘.” ooua~el 

### for that



### lovr: ~eatlon 

### 4 ofA~tilolr 

### 556th. V.C.S.,

ir 

### asfof-



### "sea. 4. Whenovor

oaeOP8ore'mdult oitisens ol thie State shall fil4i an atfldmrlt vith thr County Judge of the oountx' 1 

### vhere uay one of $he l ffianto roaMe8, alle(gq under oath thet there is locatedwlth

### in aaid county, or oonfined within said county, a person vho ha8 theretoforebeen declared to be of unsound rind, or an habitunl dcuukard, and that in tho opinion of 8ffiants ruoh poroon has been r48tored to hlr right tind, or 'I to sober habita, and that the@ is no orlmlnal chargo 

### onding against such per'llon, tho County all?+ Judge 11 forthwith, either, in tor8ti.m or, in 

### womtlon, rot m bry for e heariag to dotos

### mlae tha amity, or l obrioty, of ruoh porron. 

### Zhe Cosatf '"g" 8ha;Ll oaueorrotioe

### of the :' data ret or t e horrlq to 

### be lrrurdby the County 

### Plonk, to the guardlm of suoh‘poProa, 

### ifMy, mna 

## to thoro hmring ourtoay of ruoh pawea, if may them be, aad in,tlfb evaat. auoh

Pl ~r6n ba, a bmofiol~r, of the Vetermaa &&la

### rtrmtlria~,

orh$s rat*e

e 00n818t8 

### inxholo oi? ia prrt of 8013~ qpothor qsratr derived irorr 

### d08p8ation, pabaoa UP ia~pruroe. paa2ky th0 

### United St8to8,ltkke notioo 

### 8balllio,lrorred oa ,.~the ohfof.rttoraoy

### of the 

### Voteran Adrinistrmt&n in this State by dellwwlng a co y o? ~,~. said notloe to his office, of the ii.1 ng of i .suoh affidavit, and that 

### a hearing la 

### to be hod thereon,giving tho time,endplaoe 

### theroef. The County Judge 

### ahalldireot 

### tho~Shertff of-

.’ ~thooountf vhere eueb pnrllorr ir loorted 'W$a- ~ ~?iImd 

### tobring suoh~soa iatoqarOa)d f@l' rid lao&PiDg,

if 

### auohaot108be 8eoerury 'to.* ,;. ,',~ .I ~~oaymhirpvr8eaoemttk 

### *la. n-- -

HOIl.Loonay E. Lindsey - Page 

### 3

“(a) A jury maybe demanded by any person interested in the ward or his estate to pass on the question of whether 

### or not such person has been restored tb his right 

### aind, or to soberhabits, but if a jury 1s not demanded, the County Judge may paas up

### on such question, or he may cause a jury to be empanelled to hear su& cause.

**“ (b)**  If,the trial of the 

### cause,o&them beforea jury **or** the County Juago, result8 in a finding that such paraon h4e bson restored to his right mind, or,to soborhabits a Jumnt sh813be entered won the minutes of the cot& P4Clting SW& itots, and adjudging su6h person to be of sound mind, OF sober habits, rad raid person, if then under portralat, shallbe discharged immediately.
“(0) 

### If 8uOh 

### perron be under guerdiaaahip st Ohs inotitutlciP 

### of laugh~rooeodl~s mnd ah&l1 be &djudged to h4v4 boon reetorod to his right aim%, or to rObep.habitU,, under tho **~FOV~BIO~O** Of this ALot,and If 8uOk.irestoration takes 

### plaae in a court 

### other than 

### t&t iawhich thoguapdian8hip iB pOndi then said fop&nor

ward shall file a copti iod T’ uop~ of the judgment 

### of #@estoratioa to sanity, 

### or .sobriety, in ?2aecourt 

### where the guardiand&ii8 POndiD& and, lmnediatoly after the

of suoh celrtified oopy of OUOb U *ent n the court 

### vhere ,thegWWdian8 hi Y- p l
P ending, the 

### fomer guardian shall file hi8 inal (Lccc$mt,

ati deliver to his forrer vuld the ertato rooslnlng in his handa. If the orrtoratlon be had in tho~oou*twhop4 the gukrdiknshlp is pondlng, then immodlately 

### after such jidgmeat of restoration la enterod, the 

### foFI8or guardian shall file his final 

### aooountand dsllverover tok&e former ward the estate remaining in his 

### bands, in the Wue and ammner provided for in probate prooeodings. “(d) From a judgment Pendored by the 

### Gouatty

Court 

### upon any pestopatlon heaping aa 

### provldbd &n appealmay be taken to the DlstrlotHon. Looneg E. Lindsey - Page 

### 4

Court of the county wherein said carrsez orlglnallywas tried. The appeal from the ju ent T of the County Court to the Dlstrlc Court to be perfected In the manner and In the time prorlded by law for the appeal of probate ~ooeedi~r from the County Court to the M6trlat Court; and provided further, that the trial in the Matrlot Court &all be de nova as In other probate pro@e U&t~ 4 9

w of the Dirttldi &ii?

. "(e) Any person who ha8 heretofore been declamd to be of MaoundUBd, O? anhabitual @lrunkmd, and ha8 beaa trl(hd m the 

### pslo~lrloan of thlr &a& *M f'ourua to be of 

### ULUVXI&mind,

### or an aribitprl tlmznkbra,shall nOt again be tried for a period of six (6)months."
Under the pLaln prorlsfona Of APtlele 5550, V.O.S., It is the duty of a Q@aU#tJ AttaMcnj CO Cuparat the State in the original lunacyh@aWIg. Although there is no duty lmporral upon a OorultJ

Attobn87 to repxwrent the State ln the hearlag on PertaratiQo of salty, it ie our opinion that een8WuUg Wo 8bora Quoted provlslona tqether, the Statr~dwr b@Ta WL Interest In the came. This being trqo, it nese88uilj follows that a County kttorneg Is prohlblted frol 

### being *. ~"bf'counneladveraely'to the State in any case, Ln Snf cowte " r..

., A County Attorney la prohibitedby Article 

### 32,V.C.C.P., from 

### reprolrmtlllg a pors.~,roepg to have hi6 IAmity roitQwoa* ,, YQ!lm ** ti?&
APPFtOVED: A~oaom~snasuaPEIuB

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