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Tex. Fam. Code § 106.002

ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES

Applied in 71 court decisions — leading case Lenz v. Lenz (2002)

Most recently applied in in Re: Thomas Mark Richardson (May 2017)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) In a suit or motion under this title and in a habeas corpus proceeding, the court may render judgment for reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses and order the judgment and postjudgment interest to be paid directly to an attorney.

(b) A judgment for attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses may be enforced in the attorney's name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.

(c) In rendering a judgment for attorney's fees or expenses under this section, the court shall render the judgment separate from any judgment confirming the amount of arrearages under Section 157.263.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.