pjc-family-2024-lib

A TTORNEY ’ S F EES

PJC 250.1

jury not to include any amounts required for prosecution of the tort action. See Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa , 212 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. 2006). Item 1 in the list in the question above may be expanded if applicable to include ancillary actions taken in other courts in connection with the trial of the case, such as prohibition, mandamus, motion to transfer, and lifting stay in bankruptcy court. Good faith not required. Several older cases required a finding that a divorce was brought in good faith and with probable cause before attorney’s fees could be awarded. See, e.g., Long v. Lewis , 210 S.W.2d 207 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1948, writ ref’d n.r.e.). Those cases were decided before the enactment of the Family Code, which now provides for divorce without a finding of fault. Tex. Fam. Code §6.001. The Committee believes that findings of good faith and probable cause are no longer required to support an award of attorney’s fees. Paralegal expenses. Concerning the inclusion of compensation for a legal assis tant’s work in an award of attorney’s fees, see Gill Savings Ass’n v. International Sup ply Co. , 759 S.W.2d 697 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1988, writ denied).

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