Texas Family Code - Section 82.008. Application Filed After Expiration Of Former Protective Order
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§ 82.008. APPLICATION FILED AFTER EXPIRATION OF FORMER
PROTECTIVE ORDER. (a) An application for a protective order that
is filed after a previously rendered protective order has expired
must include:
(1) a copy of the expired protective order attached to
the application or, if a copy of the expired protective order is
unavailable, a statement that the order is unavailable to the
applicant and that a copy of the order will be filed with the court
before the hearing on the application;
(2) a description of either:
(A) the violation of the expired protective
order, if the application alleges that the respondent violated the
expired protective order by committing an act prohibited by that
order before the order expired; or
(B) the threatened harm that reasonably places
the applicant in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury,
assault, or sexual assault; and
(3) if a violation of the expired order is alleged, a
statement that the violation of the expired order has not been
grounds for any other order protecting the applicant that has been
issued or requested under this subtitle.
(b) The procedural requirements for an original application
for a protective order apply to a protective order requested under
this section.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1160, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
Section: 82.001 82.002 82.003 82.004 82.005 82.006 82.007 82.008 82.0085 82.009 82.010 82.021 82.022 82.041 82.042
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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