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Texas Family Code - Section 107.015. Attorney Fees

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§ 107.015. ATTORNEY FEES.  (a) An attorney appointed 
under this chapter to serve as an attorney ad litem for a child, an 
attorney in the dual role, or an attorney ad litem for a parent is 
entitled to reasonable fees and expenses in the amount set by the 
court to be paid by the parents of the child unless the parents are 
indigent.
	(b)  If the court determines that one or more of the parties 
are able to defray the fees and expenses of an attorney ad litem or 
guardian ad litem for the child as determined by the reasonable and 
customary fees for similar services in the county of jurisdiction, 
the fees and expenses may be ordered paid by one or more of those 
parties, or the court may order one or more of those parties, prior 
to final hearing, to pay the sums into the registry of the court or 
into an account authorized by the court for the use and benefit of 
the payee on order of the court.  The sums may be taxed as costs to 
be assessed against one or more of the parties.
	(c)  If indigency of the parents is shown, an attorney ad 
litem appointed to represent a child or parent in a suit filed by a 
governmental entity shall be paid from the general funds of the 
county according to the fee schedule that applies to an attorney 
appointed to represent a child in a suit under Title 3 as provided 
by Chapter 51.  The court may not award attorney ad litem fees under 
this chapter against the state, a state agency, or a political 
subdivision of the state except as provided by this subsection.
	(d)  A person appointed as a guardian ad litem or attorney ad 
litem shall complete and submit to the court a voucher or claim for 
payment that lists the fees charged and hours worked by the guardian 
ad litem or attorney ad litem.  Information submitted under this 
section is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government 
Code.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Family Code § 107.003 by Acts 1995, 
74th Leg., ch. 751, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 
78th Leg., ch. 262, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2005, 79th 
Leg., ch. 268, § 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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