Texas Family Code - Section 85.041. Delivery To Respondent

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§ 85.041. DELIVERY TO RESPONDENT.  (a) A protective order 
rendered under this subtitle shall be:
		(1)  delivered to the respondent as provided by Rule 
21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
		(2)  served in the same manner as a writ of injunction;  
or                 
		(3)  served in open court at the close of the hearing as 
provided by this section.
	(b)  The court shall serve an order in open court to a 
respondent who is present at the hearing by giving to the respondent 
a copy of the order, reduced to writing and signed by the judge or 
master.  A certified copy of the signed order shall be given to the 
applicant at the time the order is given to the respondent.  If the 
applicant is not in court at the conclusion of the hearing, the 
clerk of the court shall mail a certified copy of the order to the 
applicant not later than the third business day after the date the 
hearing is concluded.
	(c)  If the order has not been reduced to writing, the court 
shall give notice orally to a respondent who is present at the 
hearing of the part of the order that contains prohibitions under 
Section 85.022 or any other part of the order that contains 
provisions necessary to prevent further family violence.  The clerk 
of the court shall mail a copy of the order to the respondent and a 
certified copy of the order to the applicant not later than the 
third business day after the date the hearing is concluded.
	(d)  If the respondent is not present at the hearing and the 
order has been reduced to writing at the conclusion of the hearing, 
the clerk of the court shall immediately provide a certified copy of 
the order to the applicant and mail a copy of the order to the 
respondent not later than the third business day after the date the 
hearing is concluded.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.              

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