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IN INTEREST OF C.Y.K.S.

No. 17-0214.

549 S.W.3d 588 (2018)

IN the INTEREST OF C.Y.K.S., a Child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: June 8, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Worley , Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Div., P.O. Box 12017 MC 038-1, Austin TX 78711-2017, Mara Flanagan Friesen , Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12017, Austin, Angela Marie Lancelin , Assistant Attorney General, 6161 Savoy, Suite 320, Houston, Ildefonso Ochoa Jr. , Office of The Attorney General, 6161 Savoy, Suite 320, Houston, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin, Rande K. Herrell , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Child Support Division, MC 038-1, P.O. Box 12017, Austin, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, for Petitioner 1.

Daniel J. Lemkuil , Law Office of Daniel J. Lemkuil, Janice L. Berg , Law Office of Janice L. Berg, 106 Avondale Street, Houston, for Petitioner 2.

Taura D. Spates , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 742393, Houston, for Respondent.

Texas Family Code section 231.211(a) prohibits courts from assessing costs at the conclusion of a Title IV-D case against a party who was provided services by the Title IV-D agency. In this case, we are asked whether this prohibition applies to courts of appeals. We hold that it does.

Shana Williams, mother of C.Y.K.S., filed a suit...

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