Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 157. ENFORCEMENT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 157.425 (2026)

Order Not Retroactive

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Sec. 157.425. ORDER NOT RETROACTIVE. The court may not provide that a clarification order is retroactive for the purpose of enforcement by contempt.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2022 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of Ward, 137 S.W.3d 910 (Tex. App. 2004).
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In Re the Marriage of Ward, 137 S.W.3d 910 (Tex. App. 2004). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.425 (Vernon 2002).”
Dickens v. Willis, 957 S.W.2d 657 (Tex. App. 1997). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 157.425 (West 1996).”
in the Interest of D.C., S.C., & S.C., Child. (Tex. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 157.425 . 12 As noted earlier, Nevada law applies.”
Thomas Dickens v. Connie Elizabeth Willis (Tex. App. 1997). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 157.425 (West 1996).”
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