Texas statute
Tex. Fam. Code § 61.057 — Punishment for contempt
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 61: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 61.057
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) On a finding of contempt, the juvenile court may commit the person to the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or may impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $500, or both. (b) The court may impose only a single jail sentence not to exceed six months or a single fine not to exceed $500, or both, during an enforcement proceeding, without regard to whether the court has entered multiple findings of contempt. (c) On a finding of contempt in an enforcement proceeding, the juvenile court may, instead of issuing a commitment to jail, enter an order requiring the person's future conduct to comply with the court's previous orders. (d) Violation of an order entered under Subsection (c) may be the basis of a new enforcement proceeding. (e) The juvenile court may assign a juvenile probation officer to assist a person in complying with a court order issued under Subsection (c). (f) A juvenile court may reduce a term of incarceration or reduce payment of all or part of a fine at any time before the sentence is fully served or the fine fully paid. (g) A juvenile court may reduce the burden of complying with a court order issued under Subsection (c) at any time before the order is fully satisfied, but may not increase the burden except following a new finding of contempt in a new enforcement proceeding.
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