Tex. Fam. Code § 82.021 · Subchapter B. PLEADINGS BY RESPONDENT
ANSWER.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A respondent to an application for a protective order who is served with notice of an application for a protective order may file an answer at any time before the hearing. A respondent is not required to file an answer to 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
- 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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- sha256 458582a122814e0d08988b151541f3a673fa4eb0e862e6ccc57124b45ed7c6c1
- 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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