Tex. Family Code § 81.012
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 81.012, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 81.012. CONFLICT WITH CERTAIN OTHER ORDERS.
Official statutory text
During the time in which a protective order issued under this subtitle, including a temporary ex parte order, is valid and subject to transfer, the order prevails over any other order rendered in a suit for dissolution of a marriage under Chapter 6 or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship under Title 5 to the extent of any conflict between the orders.
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