TITLE: Relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective order.

SUMMARY: Relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective order.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective order. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 83.0015 to read as follows: Sec. 83.0015. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. Notice of a temporary ex parte order issued under this chapter must be served personally on the respondent. SECTION 2. Section 83.0015, Family Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a temporary ex parte protective order issued under Chapter 83, Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A temporary ex parte protective order issued under Chapter 83, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.