Tex. Family Code § 54.07
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 54.07, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 54.07. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or a juvenile court child support order, any order of the juvenile court may be enforced as provided by Chapter 61.
(b) A violation of any of the following orders of the juvenile court may not be enforced by contempt of court proceedings against the child:
(1) an order setting conditions of probation;
(2) an order setting conditions of deferred prosecution; and
(3) an order setting conditions of release from detention.
(c) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court from summarily finding a child or other person in direct contempt of the juvenile court for conduct occurring in the presence of the judge of the court. Direct contempt of the juvenile court by a child is punishable by a maximum of 10 days' confinement in a secure juvenile detention facility or by a maximum of 40 hours of community service, or both. The juvenile court may not impose a fine on a child for direct contempt.
(d) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court in an appropriate case from using a civil or coercive contempt proceeding to enforce an order.
(b) A violation of any of the following orders of the juvenile court may not be enforced by contempt of court proceedings against the child:
(1) an order setting conditions of probation;
(2) an order setting conditions of deferred prosecution; and
(3) an order setting conditions of release from detention.
(c) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court from summarily finding a child or other person in direct contempt of the juvenile court for conduct occurring in the presence of the judge of the court. Direct contempt of the juvenile court by a child is punishable by a maximum of 10 days' confinement in a secure juvenile detention facility or by a maximum of 40 hours of community service, or both. The juvenile court may not impose a fine on a child for direct contempt.
(d) This section and Chapter 61 do not preclude a juvenile court in an appropriate case from using a civil or coercive contempt proceeding to enforce an order.
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