Cooper played through 1987 and hit .298 /.337/.466 with 2,192 hits for his career (he slipped below .300 in his final season). His one year on the ballot in 1993 added up to nothing, but he later surfaced as the manager of the Astros, piloting the team from late 2007 to late '09.
The term ad litem simply means âfor the suitâ. An attorney ad litem may be appointed or assigned in family law cases or probate cases where representation is deemed necessary by a judge. While the Texas Family Code does not specifically define the role, the Texas Probate Code provides a definition that is generally accepted in family law cases:
A guardian ad litem is appointed by the court to represent the ward in some certain particular litigation.... A guardian ad litem is one appointed by a court, in which particular litigation is pending, to represent a ward or an unborn person in that particular litigation. guardian appointed to assist an infant or other mentally incapable defendant or plaintiff, or any such incapacitated person, that may be a party in a legal action, and to direct that litigation in the best interests of the incapable person. In State Ex Rel.