{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 9.012","heading":"CONTEMPT.","body":"(a) The court may enforce by contempt an order requiring delivery of specific property or an award of a right to future property.\n(b) The court may not enforce by contempt an award in a decree of divorce or annulment of a sum of money payable in a lump sum or in future installment payments in the nature of debt, except for:\n(1) a sum of money in existence at the time the decree was rendered; or\n(2) a matured right to future payments as provided by Section 9.011.\n(c) This subchapter does not detract from or limit the general power of a court to enforce an order of the court by appropriate means.\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#9.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"013470c93b2f3469df7848facd41f275ab39b20225e3f866e9d5424eb7826644","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}