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Tex. Fam. Code § 54.07 — Enforcement of order
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 54: JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 54.07
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or a juvenile court child support order, any order of the juvenile court may be enforced as provided by Chapter 61 . (b) A violation of any of the following orders of the juvenile court may not be enforced by contempt of court proceedings against the child: (1) an order setting conditions of probation; (2) an order setting conditions of deferred prosecution; and (3) an order setting conditions of release from detention. (c) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court from summarily finding a child or other person in direct contempt of the juvenile court for conduct occurring in the presence of the judge of the court. Direct contempt of the juvenile court by a child is punishable by a maximum of 10 days' confinement in a secure juvenile detention facility or by a maximum of 40 hours of community service, or both. The juvenile court may not impose a fine on a child for direct contempt. (d) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court in an appropriate case from using a civil or coercive contempt proceeding to enforce an order.
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