Section 40.075 - [Renumbered from 54.001] Protective Orders(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to provide procedures for the filing of protective orders by the department for the protection of a member of a family or household as provided by Title 4, Family Code.(b) The department shall provide prior notice to a nonabusive parent or adult member of a household of the department's intent to file an application for a protective order for a child or older person and shall request the assistance of the person receiving the notice in developing a safety plan for household members and the child or older person for whom the order is sought. The department shall exercise reasonable safety precautions to protect a nonabusive parent or other member of a household while providing notice and requesting assistance under this section.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.075
Renumbered and amended from Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 54.001 et seq. by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 944,Sec. 76, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.302, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1024, Sec. 22, eff. 9/1/1995.