| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding |
|---|
| 13 | | - | Section 83.0015 to read as follows: |
|---|
| 14 | | - | Sec. 83.0015. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE |
|---|
| 15 | | - | ORDER. Notice of a temporary ex parte order issued under this |
|---|
| 16 | | - | chapter must be served personally on the respondent. |
|---|
| 17 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 83.0015, Family Code, as added by this |
|---|
| 18 | | - | Act, applies only to a temporary ex parte protective order issued |
|---|
| 19 | | - | under Chapter 83, Family Code, on or after the effective date of |
|---|
| 20 | | - | this Act. A temporary ex parte protective order issued under |
|---|
| 21 | | - | Chapter 83, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is |
|---|
| 22 | | - | governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the |
|---|
| 23 | | - | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|---|
| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Section 82.043(c), Family Code, is amended to |
|---|
| 11 | + | read as follows: |
|---|
| 12 | + | (c) Notice of an application for a protective order must be |
|---|
| 13 | + | served on the person [in the same manner as citation under the Texas |
|---|
| 14 | + | Rules of Civil Procedure, except that service by publication is not |
|---|
| 15 | + | authorized]. |
|---|
| 16 | + | SECTION 2. Section 82.043, Family Code, as amended by this |
|---|
| 17 | + | Act, applies only to a notice of an application for a protective |
|---|
| 18 | + | order served on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
|---|
| 19 | + | application for a protective order served before the effective date |
|---|
| 20 | + | of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that |
|---|
| 21 | + | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|---|