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Order to Appear
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Respondent, [name of respondent], is ORDERED to appear and respond to Petitioner’s Petition for Enforcement of Child Custody Determination in the [designation of court] at [address of court] on the next judicial day after service of this order.
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Respondent, [name of respondent], is ORDERED to appear and respond to Petitioner’s Petition for Enforcement of Child Custody Determination in the [designation of court] at [address of court] on [date] at [time]. It is impossible for the court to hold the hearing before that date.
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Include the following if applicable. |
Respondent, [name of respondent], is FURTHER ORDERED to appear with the child[ren], [name[s] of child[ren]], at this hearing.
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The purpose of this hearing is to award Petitioner, [name of petitioner], immediate physical custody of the child[ren], [name[s] of child[ren]] [and/,] to order the payment of fees, costs, and expenses in accordance with section 152.312 of the Texas Family Code [include if applicable: , and to schedule a hearing to determine whether further relief is appropriate], unless Respondent, [name of respondent], appears and establishes one of the following:
1.that the child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under section 152.305 of the Texas Family Code and that the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under subchapter C of chapter 152 of the Texas Family Code;
2.that the child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under section 152.305 of the Texas Family Code and that the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter C of chapter 152 of the Texas Family Code;
3.that the child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under section 152.305 of the Texas Family Code and that Respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of section 152.108 of the Texas Family Code, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or
4.that the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under section 152.305 of the Texas Family Code but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under subchapter C of chapter 152 of the Texas Family Code.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person eighteen years of age or older who is not a party to or interested in the outcome of this suit may serve any citation, notice, or process in this case.
SIGNED on ________________________________.
JUDGE PRESIDING