Texas Family Code

§ 85.002 — EXCEPTION FOR VIOLATION OF EXPIRED PROTECTIVE ORDER

FA § 85.002Title 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · Part B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · Ch. 85. ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER · Art. A. FINDINGS AND ORDERS

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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 the order was in effect at the time of the violation, and that the order has expired after the date that the violation occurred, the court, without the necessity of making the finding described by Section 85.001(a), shall render a protective order as provided by Section 85.022 applying only to the respondent and may render a protective order as provided by Section 85.021. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1432), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.