Texas Family Code - Section 54.07. Enforcement Of Order
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§ 54.07. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER. (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.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1460, ch. 544, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 339, ch. 154, § 3, eff. Sept.
1, 1979; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 54.047 54.048 54.049 54.05 54.051 54.06 54.061 54.07 54.08 54.09 54.10 54.11 55.01 55.02 55.03
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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