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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle E - PROTECTION OF THE CHILDChapter 261 - INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT
Subchapter F - PROTECTIVE ORDER IN CERTAIN CASES OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT
Section 261.503 - Temporary Ex Parte Order

Tex. Fam. Code § 261.503

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 261.503 - Temporary Ex Parte Order

If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is an immediate danger of abuse or neglect to the child, the court, without further notice to the respondent and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex parte order for the protection of the child.

Tex. Fam. Code § 261.503

Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 317,Sec. 14, eff. if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.