Tex. Fam. Code § 9.014 · Subchapter A. SUIT TO ENFORCE DECREE
ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.9.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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