Tex. Fam. Code § 85.007 · Subchapter A. FINDINGS AND ORDERS
CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On request by a person protected by an order or an adult member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court shall exclude from a protective order:
(1) the address, county of residence, and telephone number of a person protected by the order; or
(2) the address and telephone number of:
(A) the place of employment or business of a person protected by the order; or
(B) the child-care facility or school a child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides.
(a-1) In a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall inform each person described by Subsection (a) who is present at the hearing of the person's right, on request, to have information described by that subsection excluded from the protective order and specifically ask the person if the person wishes the court to exclude that information from the protective order.
(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:
(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and
(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by:
(A) the court; or
(B) a law enforcement agency for purposes of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
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. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 422 (S.B. 1242), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (S.B. 578), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 793), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.85.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 82.004FORM AND CONTENT OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 82.011 or 85.007 | Section 82.011 or 85.007, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 85.022REQUIREMENTS OF ORDER APPLYING TO PERSON WHO COMMITTED FAMILY VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 85.007
- Tex. Fam. Code § 87.004CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER.Printed as Section 85.007 | Section 85.007(b)(2)
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