Tex. Family Code § 107.162
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 107.162, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 107.162. ADOPTION EVALUATION FEE.
Official statutory text
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.
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