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Order for Forfeiture of Security for Failure to Comply with Order
On [date] the Court considered the Motion for Forfeiture of Security for Failure to Comply with Order of [name of movant], Movant.
Appearances
Movant, [name of movant], [include if applicable: friend of the Court,/[specify agency],]
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appeared in person and through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
appeared through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
appeared in person and announced ready for trial.
Respondent, [name of respondent],
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appeared in person and through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
appeared in person and announced ready for trial.
appeared through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
failed to appear, although duly notified.
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[Name], [relationship or capacity],
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appeared in person and through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
appeared through attorney of record, [name], and announced ready for trial.
appeared in person and announced ready for trial.
failed to appear, although duly notified.
Proceedings
All matters of law and of fact were submitted to the Court, and the Court heard the evidence and considered the pleadings and argument of counsel.
Jurisdiction
The Court finds that it has jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties in this case. All persons entitled to citation were properly cited.
Record
The making of a record of testimony was waived by the parties with the consent of the Court.
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The record of testimony was duly reported by [[name, address]/the court reporter for the [designation] Court].
Findings
The Court finds that on [date] Respondent was ordered to make periodic payments of child support, in an order [include if applicable: in Cause No. [number], styled “[style of case],” in the [designation] Court of [county] County] that appears in the minutes of [this/the] Court [and states in relevant part as follows: [quote portions of order]/, the relevant portion[s] of which [is/are] attached as Exhibit [exhibit number/letter]]. Respondent was ordered to pay the sum of $[amount] per [period] beginning [date] for child support.
On [date] [include if applicable: , in Cause No. [number], styled “[style of case],” in the [designation] Court of [county] County,] [this/the] Court signed an order that appears in the minutes of [this/the] Court [and states in relevant part as follows: [quote portions of order]/, the relevant portion[s] of which [is/are] attached as Exhibit [exhibit number/letter]]. Respondent was ordered to [execute a bond/post security]. Such [bond/security] was paid through the registry of the Court on [date].
The Court finds that Respondent has failed to pay child support in the amount of $[amount].
The Court further finds that attorney’s fees and costs of $[amount] should be assessed against Respondent.
Relief Granted
Security or Bond
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the [bond/security] of Respondent be forfeited, and it is further ORDERED that the registry of the Court pay to Movant [number] dollars ($[amount]) for child support, [number] dollars ($[amount]) for attorney’s fees, and [number] dollars ($[amount]) for costs awarded to Movant from the forfeited [bond/security].
Attorney’s Fees
IT IS ORDERED that judgment is awarded to [name of attorney] in the amount of [number] dollars ($[amount]) for reasonable attorney’s fees, expenses, and costs, with interest at [percent] percent per year compounded annually from the date the judgment is signed until paid. The judgment, for which let execution issue, is awarded against [name of respondent], Respondent, and Respondent is ORDERED to pay [full amount of fees awarded less amount ordered paid from security or bond] dollars ($[amount]), by cash, cashier’s check, or money order, directly to [name of attorney] at [address] on or before [time] on [date]. [Name of attorney] may enforce this judgment for fees, expenses, and costs in [his/her] own name by any means available for the enforcement of child support, including contempt.
Costs
IT IS ORDERED that costs of court of [number] dollars ($[amount]) are taxed against Respondent, and [name of respondent], Respondent, is ORDERED to pay [full amount of costs awarded less amount ordered paid from security or bond] dollars ($[amount]), by cash, cashier’s check, or money order, to [name], [the District Clerk of [county] County, Texas/Movant/Movant’s attorney], at [address] on or before [time] on [date].
Relief Not Granted
All relief requested and not expressly granted is denied.
SIGNED on ________________________________.
JUDGE PRESIDING
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