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Texas Family Code - Section 231.210. Authority To Pay Litigation Expenses

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§ 231.210. AUTHORITY TO PAY LITIGATION EXPENSES.  (a) The 
Title IV-D agency may pay all fees, expenses, costs, and bills 
necessary to secure evidence and to take the testimony of a witness, 
including advance payments or purchases for transportation, 
lodging, meals, and incidental expenses of custodians of evidence 
or witnesses whose transportation is necessary and proper for the 
production of evidence or the taking of testimony in a Title IV-D 
case.
	(b)  In making payments under this section, the Title IV-D 
agency shall present vouchers to the comptroller that have been 
sworn to by the custodian or witness and approved by the agency.  
The voucher shall be sufficient to authorize payment without the 
necessity of a written contract.
	(c)  The Title IV-D agency may directly pay a commercial 
transportation company or commercial lodging establishment for the 
expense of transportation or lodging of a custodian or witness.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           

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