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(1) In any procedure pursuant to this chapter to fix or modify a support order, the court or the administrative judge shall impose on the obligor the payment of attorney’s fees on behalf of the obligee when the latter prevails.(2) The court or the administrative judge can impose on the obligor the payment of attorney’s fees on behalf of the obligee when provisional support is established.(3) In cases where the parties are married to each other and one of the spouses controls all or most of the liquid assets of the community property, the court or the administrative judge shall order the party who controls the community property to immediately pay reasonable attorney fees to the other spouse, as requested. History —Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, sec. VI, § 22; Aug. 17, 1994, No. 86, § 29; Aug. 1, 2003, No. 178, § 24.