{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.114","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.114","heading":"FAILURE TO APPEAR.","body":"The court may order a capias to be issued for the arrest of the respondent if:\n(1) the motion for enforcement requests contempt;\n(2) the respondent was personally served; and\n(3) the respondent fails to appear.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 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 C. FAILURE TO APPEAR; BOND OR SECURITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.114","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"d516a2a430d2870b346408712d50c687abc8c706bba92b41277dea0e0d9c85bd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.113","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}