The court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses in a proceeding under this subchapter. The court may order the attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Fam. Code § 9.014
ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case McKnight v. Trogdon-McKnight (2004)
Most recently applied in Higgins v. Higgins (January 2017)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, 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.