Sec. 81.006. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES. The amount of fees collected under this chapter as compensation for the fees:
(1) of a private attorney shall be paid to the private attorney who may enforce the order for fees in the attorney's own name;
(2) of a prosecuting attorney shall be paid to the credit of the county fund from which the salaries of the employees of the prosecuting attorney are paid or supplemented; and
(3) of an attorney employed by the Department of Family and Protective Services shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 110 (H.B. 841), Sec. 5, eff. May 21, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Protective Orders and Family Violence
Subtitle B - Protective Orders
Chapter 81 - General Provisions
Section 81.001. Entitlement to Protective Order
Section 81.002. No Fee for Applicant
Section 81.003. Fees and Costs Paid by Party Found to Have Committed Family Violence
Section 81.004. Contempt for Nonpayment of Fee
Section 81.005. Attorney's Fees
Section 81.006. Payment of Attorney's Fees
Section 81.007. Prosecuting Attorney
Section 81.0075. Representation by Prosecuting Attorney in Certain Other Actions
Section 81.008. Relief Cumulative