Tex. Family Code § 85.002
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 85.002, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 85.002. EXCEPTION FOR VIOLATION OF EXPIRED PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Official statutory text
If the court finds that a respondent violated a protective order by committing an act prohibited by the order as provided by Section 85.022, that the order was in effect at the time of the violation, and that the order has expired after the date that the violation occurred, the court, without the necessity of making the finding described by Section 85.001(a), shall render a protective order as provided by Section 85.022 applying only to the respondent and may render a protective order as provided by Section 85.021.
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