Title 4 › Chapter 82 › Subchapter A
Texas Family Code § 82.003
Applying for Protective Order · Application for Protective Order
National Domestic Violence Hotline (24/7, free, confidential):
An application may be filed in:
(1) the county in which the applicant resides;
(2) the county in which the respondent resides; or
(3) any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
