Enrolled Bill Summary

Previous law provided that a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may order reasonable attorney's fees as costs and may order the fees to be paid to the attorney. House Bill 887 amends the Family Code to permit the court to render a judgment for reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and to order that the judgment and postjudgment interest be paid directly to an attorney. The bill permits enforcement of a judgment for attorney's expenses as for any judgment for debt.