Texas Family Code - Section 6.501. Temporary Restraining Order
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§ 6.501. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. (a) After the
filing of a suit for dissolution of a marriage, on the motion of a
party or on the court's own motion, the court may grant a temporary
restraining order without notice to the adverse party for the
preservation of the property and for the protection of the parties
as necessary, including an order prohibiting one or both parties
from:
(1) intentionally communicating by telephone or in
writing with the other party by use of vulgar, profane, obscene, or
indecent language or in a coarse or offensive manner, with intent to
annoy or alarm the other;
(2) threatening the other, by telephone or in writing,
to take unlawful action against any person, intending by this
action to annoy or alarm the other;
(3) placing a telephone call, anonymously, at an
unreasonable hour, in an offensive and repetitious manner, or
without a legitimate purpose of communication with the intent to
annoy or alarm the other;
(4) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing
bodily injury to the other or to a child of either party;
(5) threatening the other or a child of either party
with imminent bodily injury;
(6) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
destroying, removing, concealing, encumbering, transferring, or
otherwise harming or reducing the value of the property of the
parties or either party with intent to obstruct the authority of the
court to order a division of the estate of the parties in a manner
that the court deems just and right, having due regard for the
rights of each party and any children of the marriage;
(7) intentionally falsifying a writing or record
relating to the property of either party;
(8) intentionally misrepresenting or refusing to
disclose to the other party or to the court, on proper request, the
existence, amount, or location of any property of the parties or
either party;
(9) intentionally or knowingly damaging or destroying
the tangible property of the parties or either party; or
(10) intentionally or knowingly tampering with the
tangible property of the parties or either party and causing
pecuniary loss or substantial inconvenience to the other.
(b) A temporary restraining order under this subchapter may
not include a provision:
(1) the subject of which is a requirement,
appointment, award, or other order listed in Section 64.104, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code; or
(2) that:
(A) excludes a spouse from occupancy of the
residence where that spouse is living except as provided in a
protective order made in accordance with Title 4;
(B) prohibits a party from spending funds for
reasonable and necessary living expenses; or
(C) prohibits a party from engaging in acts
reasonable and necessary to conduct that party's usual business and
occupation.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1081, § 6, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
Section: 6.405 6.406 6.407 6.408 6.409 6.410 6.411 6.501 6.502 6.503 6.504 6.505 6.506 6.507 6.601
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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