Tex. Fam. Code § 82.003 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
VENUE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An application may be filed in:
(1) the county in which the applicant resides;
(2) the county in which the respondent resides; or
(3) any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.82.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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