Tex. Fam. Code § 6.708 · Subchapter H. TRIAL AND APPEAL
ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court as it considers reasonable may award costs to a party. Costs may not be adjudged against a party against whom a divorce is granted for confinement in a mental hospital under Section 6.007.
(b) The expenses of counseling may be taxed as costs against either or both parties.
(c) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses. The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 916 (H.B. 1366), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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