Texas Family Code

§ 204.004 — FUNDING

FA § 204.004Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part C. JUDICIAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES · Ch. 204. CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION BY PRIVATE ENTITY

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(a)To provide or recover the costs of providing services authorized by this chapter, a commissioners court, on its behalf or on behalf of the domestic relations office, may:

(1)provide by order for the assessment and collection of a reasonable fee at the time a party files a suit affecting the parent-child relationship;

(2)provide by order for the assessment and collection of a fee of $3 per month at a time specified for payment of child support;

(3)provide by order for the assessment and collection of a late payment fee of $4 per month to be imposed if an obligor does not make a payment of child support in full when due;

(4)accept or receive funds from public grants or private sources available for providing services authorized by this chapter; or

(5)use any combination of funding sources specified by this subsection.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1053, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Redesignated from Human Resources Code Sec. 153.004 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.