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Tex. Fam. Code § 157.005

TIME LIMITATIONS; ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT

Applied in 35 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of S.C.S. (2001)

Most recently applied in Dise v. Dise (May 2016)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) The court retains jurisdiction to render a contempt order for failure to comply with the child support order if the motion for enforcement is filed not later than the second anniversary of the date:

(1) the child becomes an adult; or

(2) on which the child support obligation terminates under the order or by operation of law.

(b) The court retains jurisdiction to confirm the total amount of child support, medical support, and dental support arrearages and render cumulative money judgments for past-due child support, medical support, and dental support, as provided by Section 157.263, if a motion requesting a money judgment is filed not later than the 10th anniversary after the date:

(1) the child becomes an adult; or

(2) on which the child support obligation terminates under the child support order or by operation of law.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.