Tex. Family Code § 157.421
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 157.421, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 157.421. CLARIFYING NONSPECIFIC ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) A court may clarify an order rendered by the court in a proceeding under this title if the court finds, on the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, that the order is not specific enough to be enforced by contempt.
(b) The court shall clarify the order by rendering an order that is specific enough to be enforced by contempt.
(c) A clarified order does not affect the finality of the order that it clarifies.
(b) The court shall clarify the order by rendering an order that is specific enough to be enforced by contempt.
(c) A clarified order does not affect the finality of the order that it clarifies.
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