Tex. Fam. Code § 9.012

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 9.012 - Contempt
(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.

Tex. Fam. Code § 9.012

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 4/17/1997.