Texas Family Code - Section 157.002. Contents Of Motion

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§ 157.002. CONTENTS OF MOTION.  (a) A motion for 
enforcement must, in ordinary and concise language:
		(1)  identify the provision of the order allegedly 
violated and sought to be enforced;
		(2)  state the manner of the respondent's alleged 
noncompliance;            
		(3)  state the relief requested by the movant;  and                           
		(4)  contain the signature of the movant or the movant's 
attorney.          
	(b)  A motion for enforcement of child support:                                
		(1)  must include the amount owed as provided in the 
order, the amount paid, and the amount of arrearages;
		(2)  if contempt is requested, must include the portion 
of the order allegedly violated and, for each date of alleged 
contempt, the amount due and the amount paid, if any;  
		(3)  may include as an attachment a copy of a record of 
child support payments maintained by the Title IV-D registry or a 
local registry;  and
		(4)  if the obligor owes arrearages for a child 
receiving assistance under Part A of Title IV of the federal Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.), may include a request 
that:
			(A)  the obligor pay the arrearages in accordance 
with a plan approved by the court;  or
			(B)  if the obligor is already subject to a plan 
and is not incapacitated, the obligor participate in work 
activities, as defined under 42 U.S.C. Section 607(d), that the 
court determines appropriate.
	(c)  A motion for enforcement of the terms and conditions of 
conservatorship or possession of or access to a child must include 
the date, place, and, if applicable, the time of each occasion of 
the respondent's failure to comply with the order.
	(d)  The movant is not required to plead that the underlying 
order is enforceable by contempt to obtain other appropriate 
enforcement remedies.
	(e)  The movant may allege repeated past violations of the 
order and that future violations of a similar nature may occur 
before the date of the hearing.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.

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