Section 9.014 – Attorney’s Fees

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The court may award reasonable attorney’s fees in a proceeding under this subchapter. The court may order the attorney’s fees to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order for fees in the attorney’s own name by any means available...

Section 9.013 – Costs

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The court may award costs in a proceeding to enforce a property division under this subchapter as in other civil cases.Tex. Fam. Code ยง 9.013Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

Section 9.012 – Contempt

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(a) The court may enforce by contempt an order requiring delivery of specific property or an award of a right to future property.(b) The court may not enforce by contempt an award in a decree of divorce or annulment of a sum of money payable in a lump sum or in future...

Section 9.011 – Right To Future Property

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(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...

Section 9.010 – Reduction To Money Judgment

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(a) If a party fails to comply with a decree of divorce or annulment and delivery of property awarded in the decree is no longer an adequate remedy, the court may render a money judgment for the damages caused by that failure to comply.(b) If a party did not receive...

Section 9.009 – Delivery Of Property

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To enforce the division of property made or approved in a decree of divorce or annulment, the court may make an order to deliver the specific existing property awarded, without regard to whether the property is of especial value, including an award of an existing sum...