Tex. Fam. Code § 157.507 · Subchapter J. CHILD SUPPORT QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, the court may order the obligor to pay reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred by a party to obtain the order and all fees charged by a plan administrator for the qualified domestic relations order or similar order.
(b) Fees, costs, and expenses ordered under this section may be enforced by any means available for the enforcement of child support, including contempt.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (H.B. 867), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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