{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.609","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 153.609","heading":"COMPENSATION OF PARENTING COORDINATOR.","body":"(a) A court may not appoint a parenting coordinator, other than a domestic relations office or a comparable county agency appointed under Subsection (c) or a volunteer appointed under Subsection (d), unless, after notice and hearing, the court finds that the parties have the means to pay the fees of the parenting coordinator.\n(b) Any fees of a parenting coordinator appointed under Subsection (a) shall be allocated between the parties as determined by the court.\n(c) Public funds may not be used to pay the fees of a parenting coordinator. Notwithstanding this prohibition, a court may appoint the domestic relations office or a comparable county agency to act as a parenting coordinator if personnel are available to serve that function.\n(d) If due to hardship the parties are unable to pay the fees of a parenting coordinator, and a domestic relations office or a comparable county agency is not available under Subsection (c), the court, if feasible, may appoint a person who meets the minimum qualifications prescribed by Section 153.610, including an employee of the court, to act as a parenting coordinator on a volunteer basis and without compensation.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 482 (H.B. 252), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1181 (H.B. 555), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 682 (H.B. 149), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS","SUBCHAPTER K. PARENTING PLAN, PARENTING COORDINATOR, AND PARENTING FACILITATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm#153.609","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"7a3c1d0aec581882f9094d748861140bb206140e18745b871a7cc47ab7e8e809","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.6083","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.6091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}