§ 82.003 Venue
An application may be filed in:
(1)
the county in which the applicant resides;
(2)
the county in which the respondent resides; or
(3)
any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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