Texas Family Code

§ 88.002 — DEFINITIONS

FA § 88.002Title 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · Part B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · Ch. 88. UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS ACT

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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.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.