{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-71.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 71.004","heading":"FAMILY VIOLENCE.","body":"\"Family violence\" means:\n(1) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself;\n(2) abuse, as that term is defined by Sections 261.001(1)(C), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (M), by a member of a family or household toward a child of the family or household; or\n(3) dating violence, as that term is defined by Section 71.0021.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 817), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 249), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 71. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.71.htm#71.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"fb105df919d59065172c40791c49f6fa9bcc7f09c513dd0dfa30c68d72d5a182","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-71.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-71.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}