Texas Family Code
§ 84.001 — TIME SET FOR HEARING
FA § 84.001Title 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · Part B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · Ch. 84. HEARING
Statute text
View on source(a)On the filing of an application for a protective order, the court shall set a date and time for the hearing unless a later date is requested by the applicant. Except as provided by Section 84.002, the court may not set a date later than the 14th day after the date the application is filed.
(b)The court may not delay a hearing on an application in order to consolidate it with a hearing on a subsequently filed application.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.