Tex. Fam. Code § 9.008 : FAMILY CODE — THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP — DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE — POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS — SUIT TO ENFORCE DECREE — Clarification Order

(a) On the request of a party or on the court's own motion, the court may render a clarifying order before a motion for contempt is made or heard, in conjunction with a motion for contempt or on denial of a motion for contempt.
(b) On a finding by the court that the original form of the division of property is not specific enough to be enforceable by contempt, the court may render a clarifying order setting forth specific terms to enforce compliance with the original division of property.
(c) The court may not give retroactive effect to a clarifying order.
(d) The court shall provide a reasonable time for compliance before enforcing a clarifying order by contempt or in another manner.

Tex. Fam. Code § 9.008

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 4/17/1997.
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