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Tex. Fam. Code § 85.002 — Exception for violation of expired protective order
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 85: ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 85.002
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
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 .
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