Tex. Family Code § 9.011
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 9.011, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 9.011. RIGHT TO FUTURE PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The court may, by any remedy provided by this chapter, enforce an award of the right to receive installment payments or a lump-sum payment due on the maturation of an existing vested or nonvested right to be paid in the future.
(b) The subsequent actual receipt by the non-owning party of property awarded to the owner in a decree of divorce or annulment creates a fiduciary obligation in favor of the owner and imposes a constructive trust on the property for the benefit of the owner.
(b) The subsequent actual receipt by the non-owning party of property awarded to the owner in a decree of divorce or annulment creates a fiduciary obligation in favor of the owner and imposes a constructive trust on the property for the benefit of the owner.
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