Texas Family Code - Section 61.057. Punishment For Contempt
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§ 61.057. PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT. (a) On a finding of
contempt, the juvenile court may commit the person to the county
jail for a term not to exceed six months or may impose a fine in an
amount not to exceed $500, or both.
(b) The court may impose only a single jail sentence not to
exceed six months or a single fine not to exceed $500, or both,
during an enforcement proceeding, without regard to whether the
court has entered multiple findings of contempt.
(c) On a finding of contempt in an enforcement proceeding,
the juvenile court may, instead of issuing a commitment to jail,
enter an order requiring the person's future conduct to comply with
the court's previous orders.
(d) Violation of an order entered under Subsection (c) may
be the basis of a new enforcement proceeding.
(e) The juvenile court may assign a juvenile probation
officer to assist a person in complying with a court order issued
under Subsection (c).
(f) A juvenile court may reduce a term of incarceration or
reduce payment of all or part of a fine at any time before the
sentence is fully served or the fine fully paid.
(g) A juvenile court may reduce the burden of complying with
a court order issued under Subsection (c) at any time before the
order is fully satisfied, but may not increase the burden except
following a new finding of contempt in a new enforcement
proceeding.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, § 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 61.004 61.051 61.052 61.053 61.054 61.055 61.056 61.057 61.101 61.102 61.103 61.104 61.105 61.106 61.107
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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