Texas Family Code - Section 88.002. Definitions
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§ 88.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Foreign protective order" means a protective
order issued by a tribunal of another state.
(2) "Issuing state" means the state in which a
tribunal issues a protective order.
(3) "Mutual foreign protective order" means a foreign
protective order that includes provisions issued in favor of both
the protected individual seeking enforcement of the order and the
respondent.
(4) "Protected individual" means an individual
protected by a protective order.
(5) "Protective order" means an injunction or other
order, issued by a tribunal under the domestic violence or family
violence laws or another law of the issuing state, to prevent an
individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against,
harassing, contacting or communicating with, or being in physical
proximity to another individual.
(6) "Respondent" means the individual against whom
enforcement of a protective order is sought.
(7) "State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a
military tribunal of the United States, an Indian tribe or band, and
an Alaskan native village that has jurisdiction to issue protective
orders.
(8) "Tribunal" means a court, agency, or other entity
authorized by law to issue or modify a protective order.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 48, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Section: 86.004 86.005 87.001 87.002 87.003 87.004 88.001 88.002 88.003 88.004 88.005 88.006 88.007 88.008 91.001
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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