Tex. Fam. Code § 82.006 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
APPLICATION FILED AFTER DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If an applicant for a protective order is a former spouse of the individual alleged to have committed family violence, the application must include:
(1) a copy of the decree dissolving the marriage; or
(2) a statement that the decree is unavailable to the applicant and that a copy of the decree will be filed with the court before the hearing on the application.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
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.82.htm
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- 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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