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Tex. Fam. Code § 9.012

CONTEMPT

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Woolam v. Tussing (2001)

Most recently applied in in Re: Thomas Mark Richardson (May 2017)

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) The court may enforce by contempt an order requiring delivery of specific property or an award of a right to future property.

(b) The court may not enforce by contempt an award in a decree of divorce or annulment of a sum of money payable in a lump sum or in future installment payments in the nature of debt, except for:

(1) a sum of money in existence at the time the decree was rendered; or

(2) a matured right to future payments as provided by Section 9.011.

(c) This subchapter does not detract from or limit the general power of a court to enforce an order of the court by appropriate means.

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