Tex. Family Code § 81.009
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 81.009, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 81.009. APPEAL.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a protective order rendered under this subtitle may be appealed.
(b) A protective order rendered against a party in a suit for dissolution of a marriage may not be appealed until the time the final decree of dissolution of the marriage becomes a final, appealable order.
(c) A protective order rendered against a party in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may not be appealed until the time an order providing for support of the child or possession of or access to the child becomes a final, appealable order.
(b) A protective order rendered against a party in a suit for dissolution of a marriage may not be appealed until the time the final decree of dissolution of the marriage becomes a final, appealable order.
(c) A protective order rendered against a party in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may not be appealed until the time an order providing for support of the child or possession of or access to the child becomes a final, appealable order.
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