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Tex. Fam. Code § 82.0085 (2026)

Application Filed Before Expiration Of Previously Rendered Protective Order

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Sec. 82.0085. APPLICATION FILED BEFORE EXPIRATION OF PREVIOUSLY RENDERED PROTECTIVE ORDER. (a) If an application for a protective order alleges that an unexpired protective order applicable to the respondent is due to expire not later than the 30th day after the date the application was filed, the application for the subsequent protective order must include:

(1) a copy of the previously rendered protective order attached to the application or, if a copy of the previously rendered 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; and

(2) a description of the threatened harm that reasonably places the applicant in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault.

(b) The procedural requirements for an original application for a protective order apply to a protective order requested under this section.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1160, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2010–2014 · leading case: John Russell Coffman v. Celesste Elane Coffman Melton, 448 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App. 2014).

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John Russell Coffman v. Celesste Elane Coffman Melton, 448 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “Tex. Fam.Code § 82.0085. Before a trial court can issue a protective order, it must make findings that family violence has occurred and is likely to occur again in the future.”

Russell Thomas Boyd v. Christina Michelle Palmore, 425 S.W.3d 425 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 82.0085 (Vernon 2008) (requiring that an application for a protective order filed before the expiration of a previously rendered protective order contain "a description of the threatened harm that reasonably places the applicant in fear of imminent…”

Jerry Sharpe v. Angela McDole (Tex. App. 2010). “022, and that the trial court erred by reciting its findings of fact in the protective order.”

Ramon Flanigan v. Anna Glasgow (Tex. App. 2012). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 82.0085 (West 2008) (application filed before expiration of previously rendered protective order); id.”

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