Houston Court Order Enforcement

Is your ex-spouse not following the agreements laid out during your divorce? Is he or she refusing to allow you the parental visitation rights that you entitled to? Is he or she behind in child support payments? If so, you may want to work with a qualified Houston divorce lawyer who can help enforce a court order.

Court order enforcement is used in cases where an ex-spouse is not following the guidelines that were set out during a divorce proceeding. Court orders are most often enforced due to child-related issues such as child support or visitation rights. Parents who have not paid child support are usually required to comply with either a wage deduction order, where a portion of a parent’s income is deducted and sent to a state agency to cover child support, or a contempt order, where a judge is able to sentence the parent to a fine or jail time.

Court orders are also enforced when one parent refuses the other parent his or her parental rights. As a way to enforce the rights of the visiting parent, the court can hold the other parent in contempt. Also, if a parent relocates without a court order, he or she can be held in contempt.

To learn more about court order enforcement, contact the Houston divorce attorneys at John K. Grubb & Associates, P.C.