
§ 85.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.  (a) On 
request by a person protected by an order or member of the family or 
household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude 
from a protective order the address and telephone number of:
		(1)  a person protected by the order, in which case the 
order shall state the county in which the person resides;
		(2)  the place of employment or business of a person 
protected by the order;  or
		(3)  the child-care facility or school a child 
protected by the order attends or in which the child resides.
	(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 the court.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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