Tex. Fam. Code § 6.405 · Subchapter E. FILING SUIT
PROTECTIVE ORDER AND RELATED ORDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage must state whether, in regard to a party to the suit or a child of a party to the suit:
(1) there is in effect:
(A) a protective order under Title 4;
(B) a protective order under Subchapter A, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C) an order for emergency protection under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(2) an application for an order described by Subdivision (1) is pending.
(b) The petitioner shall attach to the petition a copy of each order described by Subsection (a)(1) in which a party to the suit or the child of a party to the suit was the applicant or victim of the conduct alleged in the application or order and the other party was the respondent or defendant of an action regarding the conduct alleged in the application or order without regard to the date of the order. If a copy of the order is not available at the time of filing, the petition must state that a copy of the order will be filed with the court before any hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 6.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 3052), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.30, eff. January 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.6.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 7B, subch. APROTECTIVE ORDER FOR VICTIMS OF CERTAIN SEXUAL, STALKING, TRAFFICKING, OR BURGLARY OFFENSESPrinted as Subchapter A, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.292MAGISTRATE'S ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION.Printed as Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure
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