has the duty to support his or her children.... A spouse who fails to discharge a duty of support is liable to any person who provides necessaries to those to whom support is owed.”). Ultimately, the Legislature codified a parent’s common law liability for necessaries provided to his or her children in section 151.001(c) of the Family Code, which provides that “[a] parent who fails to discharge the duty of support is liable to a person who provides necessaries to those to whom support is owed.” Tex. Fam.Code § 151.001(c). As noted by the court of appeals, we recognized in two cases decided more than a century ago that attorney’s fees for services rendered for the benefit of a child may, under some circumstances, be treated as necessaries under the common law. See Searcy, 17 S.W. at 373 (<HOLDING>); Askey v. Williams, 74 Tex. 294, 11 S.W. 1101,
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 defense of a child 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 in a civil suit to recover money or property for the minor holding that attorneys fees are necessaries for the criminal de fense of a child