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| 1 | 1 | 81R11685 AJA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Frost H.B. No. 3193 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an award of attorney's fees in a suit for partition of | |
| 8 | 8 | real estate. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23, Property Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 23.0051 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 23.0051. ATTORNEY'S FEES. In an action in which real | |
| 13 | 13 | property is partitioned by sale, the court may award attorney's | |
| 14 | 14 | fees to the person who filed the action if the person's attorney | |
| 15 | 15 | demonstrates that the attorney's work benefited the person who | |
| 16 | 16 | filed the action and the other parties to the action. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 19 | 19 | An action commenced before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 20 | 20 | governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | |
| 21 | 21 | of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |