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H.B. No. 887
AN ACT
relating to the award of attorney's fees and expenses in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 106.002, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 106.002. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND EXPENSES. (a) In a suit
under this title, the court may render judgment for [order]
reasonable attorney's fees and expenses [as costs] and order the
judgment and postjudgment interest [fees] to be paid directly to an
attorney.
(b) A judgment for [An award of] attorney's fees and
expenses may be enforced in the attorney's name by any means
available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending
in a trial court on that date or filed on or after that date.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 887 was passed by the House on April
3, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 887 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor