Tex. Fam. Code § 6.503 · Subchapter F. TEMPORARY ORDERS
AFFIDAVIT, VERIFIED PLEADING, AND BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A temporary restraining order or temporary injunction under this subchapter:
(1) may be granted without an affidavit or a verified pleading stating specific facts showing that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result before notice can be served and a hearing can be held; and
(2) need not:
(A) define the injury or state why it is irreparable;
(B) state why the order was granted without notice; or
(C) include an order setting the suit for trial on the merits with respect to the ultimate relief sought.
(b) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may dispense with the issuance of a bond between the spouses in connection with temporary orders for the protection of the parties and their property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.6.htm
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