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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 82.003: VENUE.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE
  3. SUBTITLE B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS
  4. CHAPTER 82. APPLYING FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

An application may be filed in:

(1) the county in which the applicant resides;

(2) the county in which the respondent resides; or

(3) any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.

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