(1) SUIT MONEY;

(2) COUNSEL FEES; AND

(3) COSTS.

(B) AT ANY POINT IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS TITLE, THE COURT MAY
ORDER EITHER PARTY TO PAY TO THE OTHER PARTY AN AMOUNT FOR THE
REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSE OF PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING THE
PROCEEDING.

(C) BEFORE ORDERING THE PAYMENT, THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER:

(1) THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL NEEDS OF BOTH
PARTIES; AND

(2) WHETHER THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL JUSTIFICATION FOR
PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING THE PROCEEDING.

(D) UPON A FINDING BY THE COURT THAT THERE WAS AN ABSENCE OF
SUBSTANTIAL JUSTIFICATION OF A PARTY FOR PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING THE
PROCEEDING, AND ABSENT A FINDING BY THE COURT OF GOOD CAUSE TO THE
CONTRARY, THE COURT SHALL AWARD TO THE OTHER PARTY THE REASONABLE AND
NECESSARY EXPENSE OF PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING THE PROCEEDING.

(E) THE COURT MAY AWARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY REASONABLE AND
NECESSARY EXPENSE THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAID.

(F) AS TO ANY AMOUNT AWARDED FOR COUNSEL FEES, THE COURT MAY:

(1) ORDER THAT THE AMOUNT AWARDED BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE
LAWYER; AND

(2) ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE LAWYER.

8-214.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSE" INCLUDES:

(1) SUIT MONEY;

(2) COUNSEL FEES; AND

(3) COSTS.

(B) AT ANY POINT IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE COURT MAY
ORDER EITHER PARTY TO PAY TO THE OTHER PARTY AN AMOUNT FOR THE
REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSE OF PROSECUTING OR DEFENDING THE
PROCEEDING.

(C) BEFORE ORDERING THE PAYMENT, THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER:

(1) THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL NEEDS OF BOTH
PARTIES; AND