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Relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Adrian Dickey (R)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Same legislation: SF 374
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 19, 202547–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If someone intentionally breaks a court order during a divorce, a judge can make them pay for the other person's lawyer fees. This rule applies to people who refuse to follow temporary or final decisions made during a marriage dissolution.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a court that finds a person has willfully disobeyed a temporary order or final decree in a dissolution of marriage proceeding to direct the person to pay the reasonable attorney fees incurred by a party as a result of the person’s actions constituting contempt.
House subcommittee
Named March 25, 2025. Meeting: Thursday, March 27 · 12:00 PM · RM 19.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 27, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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