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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 7A.02. Temporary Ex Parte Order

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Art. 7A.02. TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER.  If the court finds 
from the information contained in an application for a protective 
order that there is a clear and present danger of a sexual assault 
or other harm to the applicant, the court, without further notice to 
the alleged offender and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex 
parte order for the protection of the applicant or any other member 
of the applicant's family or household.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007