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| 1 | 1 | By: Cook H.B. No. 850 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the issuance of a protective order by default. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 85.006(a), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 9 | 9 | read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (a) Notwithstanding Rule 107, Texas Rules of Civil | |
| 11 | 11 | Procedure, a [A] court may render a protective order that is binding | |
| 12 | 12 | on a respondent who does not attend a hearing if: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) the respondent received service of the application | |
| 14 | 14 | and notice of the hearing; and | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) proof of service was filed with the court before | |
| 16 | 16 | the time set for the hearing. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 85.006(a), Family Code, as amended by | |
| 18 | 18 | this Act, applies only to an application for a protective order that | |
| 19 | 19 | is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | |
| 20 | 20 | for a protective order filed before the effective date of this Act | |
| 21 | 21 | is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is | |
| 22 | 22 | filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |