Special Appointments, Child Custody Evaluations, and Adoption Evaluations · Adoption Evaluation
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.
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.