In re H.V.). This duty is not changed by the divorce of Ross and Lizabeth, and “a person who provides necessaries” under section 151.001(c) can include Lizabeth, even though she is a parent of the children. See In re B.I.V., 923 S.W.2d 573, 574-75 (Tex.1996); Office of Attorney General v. Carter, 977 S.W.2d 159, 160-61 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1998, no pet.). For more than a century, Texas courts have held that reasonable attorney’s fees incurred for the benefit of a minor may constitute necessaries. See Searcy v. Hunter, 81 Tex. 644, 17 S.W. 372, 373 (Tex.1891) (stating that reasonable attorney’s fees for the benefit of a minor in prosecuting a civil suit to recover money or property for the minor may be necessaries); Askey v. Williams, 74 Tex. 294, 11 S.W. 1101, 1101-02 (1889) (<HOLDING>). Three years ago, the Supreme Court of Texas
holding that trial court properly assessed mothers attorneys fees as necessaries against father in case in which trial court ordered father to pay mothers attorneys fees as child support but did not state that the fees were necessaries holding that attorneys fees are necessaries for the criminal de fense of a child holding that attorneys fees are necessaries in a civil suit to recover money or property for the minor holding that reasonable attorneys fees for the benefit of a minor in defending the minor against a criminal charge were necessaries holding that attorneys fees are necessaries for the criminal defense of a child