Texas Family Code
§ 61.057 — PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT
FA § 61.057Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 61. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS · Art. B. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER AGAINST PARENT OR OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSON
Statute text
View on source(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.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.