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| 1 | 1 | 84R8072 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2895 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the payment of certain attorney ad litem fees in a suit | |
| 8 | 8 | affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental | |
| 9 | 9 | entity. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 107.015(c), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c) If indigency of the parents is shown, an attorney ad | |
| 14 | 14 | litem appointed to represent a child or parent in a suit filed by a | |
| 15 | 15 | governmental entity shall be paid from the general funds of the | |
| 16 | 16 | county or by the governmental entity that filed the suit in an | |
| 17 | 17 | amount according to the fee schedule that applies to an attorney | |
| 18 | 18 | appointed to represent a child in a suit under Title 3 as provided | |
| 19 | 19 | by Chapter 51. The court may not award attorney ad litem fees under | |
| 20 | 20 | this chapter against the state, a state agency, or a political | |
| 21 | 21 | subdivision of the state except as provided by this subsection. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |