Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001 · Chapter 83. TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDERS
REQUIREMENTS FOR TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is a clear and present danger of family violence, the court, without further notice to the individual alleged to have committed family violence and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex parte order for the protection of the applicant or any other member of the family or household of the applicant.
(b) In a temporary ex parte order, the court may direct a respondent to do or refrain from doing specified acts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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.83.htm
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