Texas statute
Tex. Fam. Code § 85.063 — Application filed after final order rendered in suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting parent-child relationship
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 § 85.063
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.
(a) If a final order has been rendered in a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship, an application for a protective order by a party to the suit against another party to the suit filed after the date the final order was rendered, and that is: (1) filed in the county in which the final order was rendered, shall be filed in the court that rendered the final order; and (2) filed in another county, shall be filed in a court having jurisdiction to render a protective order under this subtitle. (b) A protective order rendered by a court in which an application is filed under Subsection (a)(2) is subject to transfer under Section 85.064 .
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