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