Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 4. PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE · SUBTITLE B. PROTECTIVE ORDERS · CHAPTER 88. UNIFORM INTERSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS ACT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 88.001 (2026)

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Sec. 88.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 48, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2018 · 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). “Tex. Fam. Code § 88.001 et seq. Chapter 88 provides that the courts of this state shall enforce the terms of a protective order from another jurisdiction so long as it complies with certain requirements.”
Taherzadeh v. Ghaleh-Assadi, 108 S.W.3d 927 (Tex. App. 2003). “Within fourteen days after an applicant applies for a protective order, the court must set a hearing date. Id. § 84.001 (Vernon 2002).”
Nikolouzos v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hosp., 162 S.W.3d 678 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Fam.Code §§ 88.001 et seq. This subject deserves no less specificity because this statute affects no less than the life and death of men, women, and children.”
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