Tex. Fam. Code § 9.011 : FAMILY CODE — THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP — DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE — POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS — SUIT TO ENFORCE DECREE — Right to Future Property TEXT PDF (a) The court may, by any remedy provided by this chapter, enforce an award of the right to receive installment payments or a lump-sum payment due on the maturation of an existing vested or nonvested right to be paid in the future. (b) The subsequent actual receipt by the non-owning party of property awarded to the owner in a decree of divorce or annulment creates a fiduciary obligation in favor of the owner and imposes a constructive trust on the property for the benefit of the owner. Tex. Fam. Code § 9.011 Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 4/17/1997.