Tex. Family Code § 82.008
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 82.008, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 82.008. APPLICATION FILED AFTER EXPIRATION OF FORMER PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) An application for a protective order that is filed after a previously rendered protective order has expired must include:
(1) a copy of the expired protective order attached to the application or, if a copy of the expired protective order is unavailable, a statement that the order is unavailable to the applicant and that a copy of the order will be filed with the court before the hearing on the application;
(2) a description of either:
(A) the violation of the expired protective order, if the application alleges that the respondent violated the expired protective order by committing an act prohibited by that order before the order expired; or
(B) the threatened harm that reasonably places the applicant in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault; and
(3) if a violation of the expired order is alleged, a statement that the violation of the expired order has not been grounds for any other order protecting the applicant that has been issued or requested under this subtitle.
(b) The procedural requirements for an original application for a protective order apply to a protective order requested under this section.
(1) a copy of the expired protective order attached to the application or, if a copy of the expired protective order is unavailable, a statement that the order is unavailable to the applicant and that a copy of the order will be filed with the court before the hearing on the application;
(2) a description of either:
(A) the violation of the expired protective order, if the application alleges that the respondent violated the expired protective order by committing an act prohibited by that order before the order expired; or
(B) the threatened harm that reasonably places the applicant in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault; and
(3) if a violation of the expired order is alleged, a statement that the violation of the expired order has not been grounds for any other order protecting the applicant that has been issued or requested under this subtitle.
(b) The procedural requirements for an original application for a protective order apply to a protective order requested under this section.
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