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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 26.057. Cost Of Employment Of Counsel For Certain Minors

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Art. 26.057. COST OF EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL FOR CERTAIN 
MINORS.  If a juvenile has been transferred to a criminal court 
under Section 54.02, Family Code, and if a court appoints counsel 
for the juvenile under Article 26.04 of this code, the county that 
pays for the counsel has a cause of action against a parent or other 
person who is responsible for the support of the juvenile and is 
financially able to employ counsel for the juvenile but refuses to 
do so.  The county may recover its cost of payment to the appointed 
counsel and may recover attorney's fees necessary to prosecute the 
cause of action against the parent or other person.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 979, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  
Renumbered from art. 26.056 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 
16.01(8), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

Last modified: August 11, 2007