{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 9.008","heading":"CLARIFICATION ORDER.","body":"(a) On the request of a party or on the court's own motion, the court may render a clarifying order before a motion for contempt is made or heard, in conjunction with a motion for contempt or on denial of a motion for contempt.\n(b) On a finding by the court that the original form of the division of property is not specific enough to be enforceable by contempt, the court may render a clarifying order setting forth specific terms to enforce compliance with the original division of property.\n(c) The court may not give retroactive effect to a clarifying order.\n(d) The court shall provide a reasonable time for compliance before enforcing a clarifying order by contempt or in another manner.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 9. POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER A. SUIT TO ENFORCE DECREE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.9.htm#9.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"56f734b437362ca18790f94461d925e6090b75ec72c1dddf95a4c5ee96f7b114","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}