Tex. Fam. Code § 157.114 · Subchapter C. FAILURE TO APPEAR; BOND OR SECURITY
FAILURE TO APPEAR.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court may order a capias to be issued for the arrest of the respondent if:
(1) the motion for enforcement requests contempt;
(2) the respondent was personally served; and
(3) the respondent fails to appear.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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