in the Matter of the Guardianship of Carlos Y. Benavides, Jr.

OPINION

Opinion by:

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

This is an appeal from a pre-trial ruling in a contested guardianship matter. Pursuant to rule 12 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the trial court found that attorney Richard L. Leshin had no authority to represent the proposed ward, Carlos Y. Benavides, Jr. (“Benavides”), in the underlying guardianship proceedings. See Tex.R. Civ. P. 12. Benavides and his wife, Leticia Benavides, are the appellants in this appeal. 1 Benavides’s adult children, Linda Christina B. Alexander, Guillermo D. Benavides, and Carlos Benavides III, are the appellees. The…