Texas Family Code

§ 88.003 — JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER

FA § 88.003Title 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · Part B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · Ch. 88. UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS ACT

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(a)A tribunal of this state shall enforce the terms of a foreign protective order, including a term that provides relief that a tribunal of this state would not have power to provide but for this section. The tribunal shall enforce the order regardless of whether the order was obtained by independent action or in another proceeding, if the order is an order issued in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of an individual seeking protection. In a proceeding to enforce a foreign protective order, the tribunal shall follow the procedures of this state for the enforcement of protective orders.

(b)A tribunal of this state shall enforce the provisions of the foreign protective order that govern the possession of and access to a child if the provisions were issued in accordance with the jurisdictional requirements governing the issuance of possession and access orders in the issuing state.

(c)A tribunal of this state may enforce a provision of the foreign protective order relating to child support if the order was issued in accordance with the jurisdictional requirements of Chapter 159 and the federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act, 28 U.S.C. Section 1738B, as amended.

(d)A foreign protective order is valid if the order:

(1)names the protected individual and the respondent;

(2)is currently in effect;

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Legislative history

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