{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 9.014","heading":"ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.","body":"The court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses in a proceeding under this subchapter. The court may order the attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 2524), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 9. POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER A. SUIT TO ENFORCE DECREE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.9.htm#9.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"37aaee74acd2876c96306751114a9ef6011056a0f79d52e90d8860351c9d49a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}