Tex. Fam. Code § 85.001 · Subchapter A. FINDINGS AND ORDERS
REQUIRED FINDINGS AND ORDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall find whether family violence has occurred.
(b) If the court finds that family violence has occurred, the court:
(1) shall render a protective order as provided by Section 85.022 applying only to a person found to have committed family violence; and
(2) may render a protective order as provided by Section 85.021 applying to both parties that is in the best interest of the person protected by the order or member of the family or household of the person protected by the order.
(c) A protective order that requires the first applicant to do or refrain from doing an act under Section 85.022 shall include a finding that the first applicant has committed family violence.
(d) If the court renders a protective order for a period of more than two years under Section 85.025(a-1), the court must include in the order a finding described by that subsection.
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. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (S.B. 789), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1432), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 797 (S.B. 1120), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2025.
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