by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
CHAPTER 85. ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER SUBCHAPTER A. FINDINGS AND ORDERS Sec. 85.001. REQUIRED FINDINGS AND ORDERS. (a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall find whether: (1) family violence has occurred; and (2) family...
by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
CHAPTER 84. HEARING Sec. 84.001. TIME SET FOR HEARING. (a) On the filing of an application for a protective order, the court shall set a date and time for the hearing unless a later date is requested by the applicant. Except as provided by Section 84.002, the court...
by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
CHAPTER 83. TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDERS Sec. 83.001. REQUIREMENTS FOR TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. (a) If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is a clear and present danger of family violence, the court, without...
by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
CHAPTER 82. APPLYING FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER Sec. 82.001. APPLICATION. A proceeding under this subtitle is begun by filing "An Application for a Protective Order" with the clerk of the court. Added by Acts 1997,...
by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
SUBTITLE B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS CHAPTER 81. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 81.001. ENTITLEMENT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. A court shall render a protective order as provided by Section 85.001(b) if the court finds that family violence has occurred and is likely to occur in the...
by Cristi Trusler | Texas Family Code
CHAPTER 8. MAINTENANCE SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 8.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Maintenance" means an award in a suit for dissolution of a marriage of periodic payments from the future income of one spouse for the support of the other...
