Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · SUBTITLE B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · CHAPTER 83. TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDERS
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Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001 (2026)

Requirements For Temporary Ex Parte Order

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Sec. 83.001. REQUIREMENTS FOR TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. (a) If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is a clear and present danger of family violence, the court, without further notice to the individual alleged to have committed family violence and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex parte order for the protection of the applicant or any other member of the family or household of the applicant.

(b) In a temporary ex parte order, the court may direct a respondent to do or refrain from doing specified acts.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2003–2025 · leading case: Wagner v. State, 539 S.W.3d 298 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018).
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Wagner v. State, 539 S.W.3d 298 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “See Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001(a). The judge may direct a respondent to do or refrain from doing specified acts.”
Taherzadeh v. Ghaleh-Assadi, 108 S.W.3d 927 (Tex. App. 2003). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 83.001 (Vernon 2002).”
Rogers v. State, 183 S.W.3d 853 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 83.001 (Vernon 2002).”
Sheri Taylor v. Melody Ann Norton (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 83.001–.006, § 83.”
Jessica Meinzer v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 83.001 (providing that before a trial court can issue a temporary protective order ex parte, it 11 must find “a clear and present danger of family violence”), 85.”
Barry Green v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Bourland’s written statement said that an emergency protective order, see TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 83.001 (West 2014), was issued around July 20, but that order was not produced at trial.”
in Re: Theresa Lynn Goddard (Tex. App. 2019). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 83.001(a) (West 2014).”
Jermaine Watts v. Lisa Adviento (Tex. App. 2019). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 83.001 , 84.001, 85.”
Ernest Adimora-Nweke v. Hannah Olivia Yarbrough (Tex. App. 2021). “2 See Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001(a) (authorizing temporary ex parte protective order if court finds “that there is a clear and present danger of family violence .”
Eric Leonard Tucker v. Natalia Citalli Covarrubias Campos (Tex. App. 2021). “, Tex. Fam. Code §§ 83.001 (stating 8 requirements for issuing temporary ex parte protective order), 88.”
Nicholas Northfell v. Taylor Northfell (Tex. App. 2022). “1 See TEX. FAM. CODE § 83.001. 3 At the hearing on the application, at which Taylor and Nick appeared with counsel, the trial court admitted into evidence Taylor’s application, supporting affidavit, and the temporary order.”
Aaron Riley v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “” 1 A temporary ex parte protective order, filed under the authority of Chapter 83 of the Texas Family Code, see Tex. Fam. Code §§ 83.001, .002, was issued on December 28, 2018, was extended on January 11, 2019, and expired on January 28, 2019.”
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— Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001(a) — 5 cases
Wagner v. State, 539 S.W.3d 298 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “See Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001(a). The judge may direct a respondent to do or refrain from doing specified acts.”
Sheri Taylor v. Melody Ann Norton (Tex. App. 2024). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 83.001–.006, § 83.”
in Re: Theresa Lynn Goddard (Tex. App. 2019). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 83.001(a) (West 2014).”
Ernest Adimora-Nweke v. Hannah Olivia Yarbrough (Tex. App. 2021). “2 See Tex. Fam. Code § 83.001(a) (authorizing temporary ex parte protective order if court finds “that there is a clear and present danger of family violence .”
In Re Jason Samir Nasra v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2023).
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