{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-82.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 82.003","heading":"VENUE.","body":"An application may be filed in:\n(1) the county in which the applicant resides;\n(2) the county in which the respondent resides; or\n(3) any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE","SUBTITLE B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS","CHAPTER 82. APPLYING FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER","SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.82.htm#82.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"73475ca11dd1024409db579fc8b0e21322dffd5ff8ad964114a25d75de866b6f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-82.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-82.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}