Tex. Fam. Code Section 9.012
Contempt

(a)

The court may enforce by contempt an order requiring delivery of specific property or an award of a right to future property.

(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:

(1)

a sum of money in existence at the time the decree was rendered; or

(2)

a matured right to future payments as provided by Section 9.011 (Right to Future Property).

(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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

Source: Section 9.012 — Contempt, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.­9.­htm#9.­012 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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