Title 5 › Chapter 110

Texas Family Code § 110.002

Filing Fees and Deposits

Court Fees

(a) The clerk of the court may collect a filing fee of $80 in a suit for filing:

(1) a suit or motion for modification;

(2) a motion for enforcement;

(3) a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding;

(4) a petition for license suspension;

(5) a motion to revoke a stay of license suspension; or

(6) a motion for contempt.

(b) No other filing fee may be collected or required for an action described in this section.

(c) The clerk may collect a deposit as in other cases, in the amount set by the clerk for payment of expected costs and other expenses arising in the proceeding.

(d) Fees collected under this section are to be remitted and allocated as provided by Chapters 133 and 135, Local Government Code, as applicable.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 976, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2024.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 110.006

Other Texas codes referenced

Local Gov't Code § 133Local Gov't Code § 135