Texas Family Code Title 4, Chapter 85 - Issuance Of Protective Order

SUBCHAPTER A FINDINGS AND ORDERS

• Texas Section 85.001 - Required Findings And Orders
  (a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall find whether: (1) family violence has occurred; and...
• Texas Section 85.002 - Exception For Violation Of Expired Protective Order
  If the court finds that a respondent violated a protective order by committing an act prohibited by the order as provided by Section 85.022, that...
• Texas Section 85.003 - Separate Protective Orders Required
  (a) A court that renders separate protective orders that apply to both parties and require both parties to do or refrain from doing acts under...
• Texas Section 85.004 - Protective Order In Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage
  A protective order in a suit for dissolution of a marriage must be in a separate document entitled "PROTECTIVE ORDER." Added by Acts 1997, 75th...
• Texas Section 85.005 - Agreed Order
  (a) To facilitate settlement, the parties to a proceeding may agree in writing to the terms of a protective order as provided by Section 85.021....
• Texas Section 85.006 - Default Order
  (a) A court may render a protective order that is binding on a respondent who does not attend a hearing if the respondent received service...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER B CONTENTS OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

• Texas Section 85.009 - Order Valid Until Superseded
  A protective order rendered under this chapter is valid and enforceable pending further action by the court that rendered the order until the order is...
• Texas Section 85.021 - Requirements Of Order Applying To Any Party
  In a protective order, the court may: (1) prohibit a party from: (A) removing a child who is a member of the family or household...
• Texas Section 85.022 - Requirements Of Order Applying To Person Who Committed Family Violence
  (a) In a protective order, the court may order the person found to have committed family violence to perform acts specified by the court that...
• Texas Section 85.023 - Effect On Property Rights
  A protective order or an agreement approved by the court under this subtitle does not affect the title to real property. Added by Acts 1997,...
• Texas Section 85.024 - Enforcement Of Counseling Requirement
  (a) A person found to have engaged in family violence who is ordered to attend a program or counseling under Section 85.022(a)(1), (2), or (3)...
• Texas Section 85.025 - Duration Of Protective Order
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an order under this subtitle is effective: (1) for the period stated in the order, not to...

SUBCHAPTER C DELIVERY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

• Texas Section 85.026 - Warning On Protective Order
  (a) Each protective order issued under this subtitle, including a temporary ex parte order, must contain the following prominently displayed statements in boldfaced type, capital...
• Texas Section 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;...

SUBCHAPTER D RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROTECTIVE ORDER AND SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE AND SUIT AFFECTING PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

• Texas Section 85.042 - Delivery Of Order To Other Persons
  (a) Not later than the next business day after the date the court issues an original or modified protective order under this subtitle, the clerk...
• Texas Section 85.061 - Dismissal Of Application Prohibited; Subsequently Filed Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-child Relationship
  If an application for a protective order is pending, a court may not dismiss the application or delay a hearing on the application on the...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 85.063 - Application Filed After Final Order Rendered In Suit For Dissolution Of Marriage Or Suit Affecting Parent-child Relationship
  (a) If a final order has been rendered in a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship, an application for a...
• Texas Section 85.064 - Transfer Of Protective Order
  (a) If a protective order was rendered before the filing of a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship or while...
• Texas Section 85.065 - Effect Of Transfer
  (a) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 632, Sec. 6(3), eff. September 1, 2011. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....

Last modified: September 28, 2016