FAMILY CODE

CHAPTER 110. COURT FEES


	§ 110.001.  GENERAL RULE.  Except as provided by this 
chapter, fees in a matter covered by this title shall be as in civil 
cases generally.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           


	§ 110.002.  FILING FEES AND DEPOSITS.  (a)  The clerk of 
the court may collect a filing fee of $15 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 motion to transfer;                                                    
		(5)  a petition for license suspension;                                       
		(6)  a motion to revoke a stay of license suspension;  
or                   
		(7)  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.

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


	§ 110.003.  NO SEPARATE OR ADDITIONAL FILING FEE.  The 
clerk of the court may not require:
		(1)  a separate filing fee in a suit joined with a suit 
for dissolution of marriage under Title 1;  or
		(2)  an additional filing fee if more than one form of 
relief is requested in a suit.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           


	§ 110.004.  FEE FOR ISSUING AND DELIVERING WITHHOLDING 
ORDER OR WRIT.  The clerk of the court may charge a reasonable fee, 
not to exceed $15, for each order or writ of income withholding 
issued by the clerk and delivered to an employer.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.


	§ 110.005.  TRANSFER FEE.  (a)  The fee for filing a 
transferred case is $45 payable to the clerk of the court to which 
the case is transferred.  No portion of this fee may be sent to the 
state.
	(b)  A party may not be assessed any other fee, cost, charge, 
or expense by the clerk of the court or other public official in 
connection with filing of the transferred case.
	(c)  The fee limitation in this section does not affect a fee 
payable to the court transferring the case.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           


	§ 110.006.  DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE FEES.  If an 
administering entity of a domestic relations office adopts an 
initial operations fee under Section 203.005(a)(1) or an initial 
child support service fee under Section 203.005(a)(2), the clerk of 
the court shall collect the fee at the time the suit is filed and 
send the fee to the domestic relations office.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 702, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.