{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.005","heading":"TIME LIMITATIONS; ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.","body":"(a) The court retains jurisdiction to render a contempt order for failure to comply with the child support order if the motion for enforcement is filed not later than the second anniversary of the date:\n(1) the child becomes an adult; or\n(2) on which the child support obligation terminates under the order or by operation of law.\n(b) The court retains jurisdiction to confirm the total amount of child support, medical support, and dental support arrearages and render cumulative money judgments for past-due child support, medical support, and dental support, as provided by Section 157.263, if a motion requesting a money judgment is filed not later than the 10th anniversary after the date:\n(1) the child becomes an adult; or\n(2) on which the child support obligation terminates under the child support order or by operation of law.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2005.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 13, eff. June 19, 2009.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 286), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (S.B. 869), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 157. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER A. PLEADINGS AND DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"65b64a03e08fb6c72e4145f672b003181136ef2b6c0ebca90b2a63d6c8ab55be","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}