Texas Family Code
§ 85.007 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
FA § 85.007Title 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · Part B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · Ch. 85. ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER · Art. A. FINDINGS AND ORDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)On request by a person protected by an order or an adult member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court shall exclude from a protective order:
(1)the address, county of residence, and telephone number of a person protected by the order; or
(2)the address and telephone number of:
(A)the place of employment or business of a person protected by the order; or
(B)the child-care facility or school a child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides. (a-1) In a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall inform each person described by Subsection (a) who is present at the hearing of the person's right, on request, to have information described by that subsection excluded from the protective order and specifically ask the person if the person wishes the court to exclude that information from the protective order.
(b)On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 422 (S.B. 1242), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (S.B. 578), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 793), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.