Tex. Fam. Code § 107.162

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 107.162 - Adoption Evaluation Fee

If the court orders an adoption evaluation to be conducted, the court shall award the adoption evaluator a reasonable fee for the preparation of the evaluation that shall be imposed in the form of a money judgment and paid directly to the evaluator. The evaluator may enforce the judgment for the fee by any means available under law for civil judgments.

Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1252,Sec. 1.18, eff. 9/1/2015, op. to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is filed on or after March 1, 2016.