{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.066","heading":"FAILURE TO APPEAR.","body":"If a respondent who has been personally served with notice to appear at a hearing does not appear at the designated time, place, and date to respond to a motion for enforcement of an existing court order, regardless of whether the motion is joined with other claims or remedies, the court may not hold the respondent in contempt but may, on proper proof, grant a default judgment for the relief sought and issue a capias for the arrest of the respondent.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","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 B. PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ef68228b18629a237f41ce765b58fc803dd51979ac7a8524eff2c09ae52c18c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}