JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES; NO ELECTION OF REMEDIES
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Barrientos v. Nava (2002)
Most recently applied in Rosscer Craig Tucker, II v. Lizabeth Thomas (December 2011)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A party requesting enforcement may join in the same proceeding any claim and remedy provided for in this chapter, other provisions of this title, or other rules of law.
(b) A motion for enforcement does not constitute an election of remedies that limits or precludes:
(1) the use of any other civil or criminal proceeding to enforce a final order; or
(2) a suit for damages under Chapter 42.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.