Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 157 - Enforcement

Section 157.007. Affirmative Defense to Motion for Enforcement of Possession or Access - Sec. 157.007. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF POSSESSION...

Section 157.008. Affirmative Defense to Motion for Enforcement of Child Support - Sec. 157.008. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD...

Section 157.009. Credit for Payment of Disability Benefits - Sec. 157.009. CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF DISABILITY BENEFITS. In addition...

Subchapter B. Procedure

Section 157.061. Setting Hearing - Sec. 157.061. SETTING HEARING. (a) On filing a motion for...

Section 157.062. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 157.062. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The notice of hearing...

Section 157.063. Appearance - Sec. 157.063. APPEARANCE. A party makes a general appearance for...

Section 157.064. Special Exception - Sec. 157.064. SPECIAL EXCEPTION. (a) If a respondent specially excepts...

Section 157.065. Notice of Hearing, First Class Mail - Sec. 157.065. NOTICE OF HEARING, FIRST CLASS MAIL. (a) If...

Section 157.066. Failure to Appear - Sec. 157.066. FAILURE TO APPEAR. If a respondent who has...

Subchapter C. Failure to Appear; Bond or Security

Section 157.101. Bond or Security for Release of Respondent - Sec. 157.101. BOND OR SECURITY FOR RELEASE OF RESPONDENT. (a)...

Section 157.102. Capias or Warrant; Duty of Law Enforcement Officials - Sec. 157.102. CAPIAS OR WARRANT; DUTY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS....

Section 157.103. Capias Fees - Sec. 157.103. CAPIAS FEES. (a) The fee for issuing a...

Section 157.104. Conditional Release - Sec. 157.104. CONDITIONAL RELEASE. If the respondent is taken into...

Section 157.105. Release Hearing - Sec. 157.105. RELEASE HEARING. (a) If the respondent is taken...

Section 157.106. Cash Bond as Support - Sec. 157.106. CASH BOND AS SUPPORT. (a) If the respondent...

Section 157.107. Appearance Bond or Security Other Than Cash Bond as Support - Sec. 157.107. APPEARANCE BOND OR SECURITY OTHER THAN CASH BOND...

Section 157.108. Cash Bond as Property of Respondent - Sec. 157.108. CASH BOND AS PROPERTY OF RESPONDENT. A court...

Section 157.109. Security for Compliance With Order - Sec. 157.109. SECURITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER. (a) The court...

Section 157.110. Forfeiture of Security for Failure to Comply With Order - Sec. 157.110. FORFEITURE OF SECURITY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH...

Section 157.111. Forfeiture Not Defense to Contempt - Sec. 157.111. FORFEITURE NOT DEFENSE TO CONTEMPT. The forfeiture of...

Section 157.112. Joinder of Forfeiture and Contempt Proceedings - Sec. 157.112. JOINDER OF FORFEITURE AND CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. A motion...

Section 157.113. Application of Bond Pending Writ - Sec. 157.113. APPLICATION OF BOND PENDING WRIT. If the obligor...

Section 157.114. Failure to Appear - Sec. 157.114. FAILURE TO APPEAR. The court may order a...

Section 157.115. Default Judgment - Sec. 157.115. DEFAULT JUDGMENT. (a) The court may render a...

Subchapter D. Hearing and Enforcement Order

Section 157.161. Record - Sec. 157.161. RECORD. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),...

Section 157.162. Proof - Sec. 157.162. PROOF. (a) The movant is not required to...

Section 157.163. Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 157.163. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) In a motion for...

Section 157.164. Payment of Appointed Attorney - Sec. 157.164. PAYMENT OF APPOINTED ATTORNEY. (a) An attorney appointed...

Section 157.165. Probation of Contempt Order - Sec. 157.165. PROBATION OF CONTEMPT ORDER. The court may place...

Section 157.166. Contents of Enforcement Order - Sec. 157.166. CONTENTS OF ENFORCEMENT ORDER. (a) An enforcement order...

Section 157.167. Respondent to Pay Attorney's Fees and Costs - Sec. 157.167. RESPONDENT TO PAY ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS. (a)...

Section 157.168. Additional Periods of Possession or Access - Sec. 157.168. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF POSSESSION OR ACCESS. (a) A...

Subchapter E. Community Supervision

Section 157.211. Conditions of Community Supervision - Sec. 157.211. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. If the court places...

Section 157.212. Term of Community Supervision - Sec. 157.212. TERM OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. The initial period of...

Section 157.213. Community Supervision Fees - Sec. 157.213. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FEES. (a) The court may require...

Section 157.214. Motion to Revoke Community Supervision - Sec. 157.214. MOTION TO REVOKE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. A prosecuting attorney,...

Section 157.215. Arrest for Alleged Violation of Community Supervision - Sec. 157.215. ARREST FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a)...

Section 157.216. Hearing on Motion to Revoke Community Supervision - Sec. 157.216. HEARING ON MOTION TO REVOKE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a)...

Section 157.217. Discharge From Community Supervision - Sec. 157.217. DISCHARGE FROM COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) When a community...

Subchapter F. Judgment and Interest

Section 157.261. Unpaid Child Support as Judgment - Sec. 157.261. UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT AS JUDGMENT. (a) A child...

Section 157.263. Confirmation of Arrearages - Sec. 157.263. CONFIRMATION OF ARREARAGES. (a) If a motion for...

Section 157.264. Enforcement of Judgment - Sec. 157.264. ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT. (a) A money judgment rendered...

Section 157.265. Accrual of Interest on Child Support - Sec. 157.265. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON CHILD SUPPORT. (a) Interest...

Section 157.266. Date of Delinquency - Sec. 157.266. DATE OF DELINQUENCY. (a) A child support payment...

Section 157.267. Interest Enforced as Child Support - Sec. 157.267. INTEREST ENFORCED AS CHILD SUPPORT. Accrued interest is...

Section 157.268. Application of Child Support Payment - Sec. 157.268. APPLICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT. Child support collected...

Section 157.269. Retention of Jurisdiction - Sec. 157.269. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION. A court that renders an...

Subchapter G. Child Support Lien

Section 157.311. Definitions - Sec. 157.311. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means: (A)...

Section 157.312. General Provisions - Sec. 157.312. GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) A claimant may enforce child...

Section 157.313. Contents of Child Support Lien Notice - Sec. 157.313. CONTENTS OF CHILD SUPPORT LIEN NOTICE. (a) Except...

Section 157.314. Filing Lien Notice or Abstract of Judgment; Notice to Obligor - Sec. 157.314. FILING LIEN NOTICE OR ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT; NOTICE...

Section 157.3145. Service on Financial Institution - Sec. 157.3145. SERVICE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. (a) Service of a...

Section 157.315. Recording and Indexing Lien - Sec. 157.315. RECORDING AND INDEXING LIEN. (a) On receipt of...

Section 157.316. Perfection of Child Support Lien - Sec. 157.316. PERFECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT LIEN. (a) Except as...

Section 157.317. Property to Which Lien Attaches - Sec. 157.317. PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN ATTACHES. (a) A child...

Section 157.3171. Release of Lien on Homestead Property - Sec. 157.3171. RELEASE OF LIEN ON HOMESTEAD PROPERTY. (a) An...

Section 157.318. Duration and Effect of Child Support Lien - Sec. 157.318. DURATION AND EFFECT OF CHILD SUPPORT LIEN. (a)...

Section 157.319. Effect of Lien Notice - Sec. 157.319. EFFECT OF LIEN NOTICE. (a) If a person...

Section 157.320. Priority of Lien as to Real Property - Sec. 157.320. PRIORITY OF LIEN AS TO REAL PROPERTY. (a)...

Section 157.321. Discretionary Release of Lien - Sec. 157.321. DISCRETIONARY RELEASE OF LIEN. A child support lien...

Section 157.322. Mandatory Release of Lien - Sec. 157.322. MANDATORY RELEASE OF LIEN. (a) On payment in...

Section 157.323. Foreclosure or Suit to Determine Arrearages - Sec. 157.323. FORECLOSURE OR SUIT TO DETERMINE ARREARAGES. (a) In...

Section 157.324. Liability for Failure to Comply With Order or Lien - Sec. 157.324. LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER OR...

Section 157.325. Release of Excess Funds to Debtor or Obligor - Sec. 157.325. RELEASE OF EXCESS FUNDS TO DEBTOR OR OBLIGOR....

Section 157.326. Interest of Obligor's Spouse or Another Person Having Ownership Interest - Sec. 157.326. INTEREST OF OBLIGOR'S SPOUSE OR ANOTHER PERSON HAVING...

Section 157.327. Execution and Levy on Financial Assets of Obligor - Sec. 157.327. EXECUTION AND LEVY ON FINANCIAL ASSETS OF OBLIGOR....

Section 157.3271. Levy on Financial Institution Account of Deceased Obligor - Sec. 157.3271. LEVY ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNT OF DECEASED OBLIGOR....

Section 157.328. Notice of Levy Sent to Obligor - Sec. 157.328. NOTICE OF LEVY SENT TO OBLIGOR. (a) At...

Section 157.329. No Liability for Compliance With Notice of Levy - Sec. 157.329. NO LIABILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICE OF LEVY....

Section 157.330. Failure to Comply With Notice of Levy - Sec. 157.330. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE OF LEVY. (a)...

Section 157.331. Additional Levy to Satisfy Arrearages - Sec. 157.331. ADDITIONAL LEVY TO SATISFY ARREARAGES. If the property...

Subchapter H. Habeas Corpus

Section 157.371. Jurisdiction - Sec. 157.371. JURISDICTION. (a) The relator may file a petition...

Section 157.372. Return of Child - Sec. 157.372. RETURN OF CHILD. (a) Subject to Chapter 152...

Section 157.373. Relator Relinquished Possession; Temporary Orders - Sec. 157.373. RELATOR RELINQUISHED POSSESSION; TEMPORARY ORDERS. (a) If the...

Section 157.374. Welfare of Child - Sec. 157.374. WELFARE OF CHILD. Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 157.375. Immunity to Civil Process - Sec. 157.375. IMMUNITY TO CIVIL PROCESS. (a) While in this...

Section 157.376. No Existing Order - Sec. 157.376. NO EXISTING ORDER. (a) If the right to...

Subchapter I. Clarification of Orders

Section 157.421. Clarifying Nonspecific Order - Sec. 157.421. CLARIFYING NONSPECIFIC ORDER. (a) A court may clarify...

Section 157.422. Procedure - Sec. 157.422. PROCEDURE. (a) The procedure for filing a motion...

Section 157.423. Substantive Change Not Enforceable - Sec. 157.423. SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE NOT ENFORCEABLE. (a) A court may...

Section 157.424. Relation to Motion for Contempt - Sec. 157.424. RELATION TO MOTION FOR CONTEMPT. The court may...

Section 157.425. Order Not Retroactive - Sec. 157.425. ORDER NOT RETROACTIVE. The court may not provide...

Section 157.426. Time Allowed to Comply - Sec. 157.426. TIME ALLOWED TO COMPLY. (a) In a clarification...

Subchapter J. Child Support Qualified Domestic Relations Order

Section 157.501. Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Order - Sec. 157.501. JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER. (a) The...

Section 157.502. Procedure - Sec. 157.502. PROCEDURE. (a) A party to a child support...

Section 157.503. Temporary Orders - Sec. 157.503. TEMPORARY ORDERS. (a) While a suit for a...

Section 157.504. Defective Prior Domestic Relations Order - Sec. 157.504. DEFECTIVE PRIOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER. If a plan...

Section 157.505. Amendment of Qualified Domestic Relations Order - Sec. 157.505. AMENDMENT OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER. (a) A...

Section 157.506. Liberal Construction - Sec. 157.506. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION. The court shall liberally construe this...

Section 157.507. Attorney's Fees and Costs - Sec. 157.507. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS. (a) In a proceeding...

Section 157.508. Conflicts With Other Law - Sec. 157.508. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. (a) To the extent...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship Chapter 157 - Enforcement

Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 157 - Enforcement