Texas Family Code - Section 85.062. Application Filed While Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship Pending

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§ 85.062. APPLICATION FILED WHILE SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF 
MARRIAGE OR SUIT AFFECTING PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP PENDING.  (a) 
If a suit for dissolution of a marriage or suit affecting the 
parent-child relationship is pending, a party to the suit may apply 
for a protective order against another party to the suit by filing 
an application:
		(1)  in the court in which the suit is pending;  or                           
		(2)  in a court in the county in which the applicant 
resides if the applicant resides outside the jurisdiction of the 
court in which the suit is pending.
	(b)  An applicant subject to this section shall inform the 
clerk of the court that renders a protective order that a suit for 
dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child 
relationship is pending in which the applicant is party.
	(c)  If a final protective order is rendered by a court other 
than the court in which a suit for dissolution of a marriage or a 
suit affecting the parent-child relationship is pending, the clerk 
of the court that rendered the protective order shall:
		(1)  inform the clerk of the court in which the suit is 
pending that a final protective order has been rendered;  and
		(2)  forward a copy of the final protective order to the 
court in which the suit is pending.
	(d)  A protective order rendered by a court in which an 
application is filed under Subsection (a)(2) is subject to transfer 
under Section 85.064.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.       

Last modified: August 10, 2007