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Enforcing a child support order against a person who fails or refuses to pay can become time-consuming and expensive.\u00a0 Texas family law provides multiple options for enforcing a child support order.\u00a0 It also allows a person enforcing a child support order to recover reasonable attorney\u2019s fees and costs if the court finds the other party \u201cfailed to make child support payments.\u201d TEX. FAM. CODE \u00a7 157.167(a).<\/p>\n

When a child support payment is not timely made, it becomes a final judgment by operation of law. TEX. FAM. CODE\u00a0 \u00a7 157.261(a) In a recent case<\/a>, the mother sought a writ of execution on the final judgment that arose as a result of the father\u2019s failure to pay the child support.\u00a0 The trial court found she had \u201ca valid enforceable judgment\u201d that was \u201cwholly unsatisfied and subject to execution.\u201d\u00a0 The constable took possession of certain of the father\u2019s property and held an execution sale.\u00a0 Both the mother and father sought disbursement of the proceeds of the sale.<\/p>\n

There was additional litigation related to the mother\u2019s collection efforts.\u00a0 The trial court ultimately ordered the father to pay $30,675 to the mother for attorney\u2019s fees.\u00a0 The trial court based the attorney\u2019s fees on the attorney\u2019s affidavit and timesheet.\u00a0 The father appealed.<\/p>\n

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Enforcing a child support order against a person who fails or refuses to pay can become time-consuming and expensive.\u00a0 Texas family law provides multiple options for enforcing a child support order.\u00a0 It also allows a person enforcing a child support order to recover reasonable attorney\u2019s fees and costs if the court finds the other party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-support"],"yoast_head":"\nAttorney's Fees Awarded in Texas Child Support Enforcement — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — September 7, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enforcing a child support order against a person who fails or refuses to pay can become time-consuming and expensive.\u00a0 Texas family law 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