FAMILY CODE

CHAPTER 87. MODIFICATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS


	§ 87.001.  MODIFICATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER.  On the 
motion of any party, the court, after notice and hearing, may modify 
an existing protective order to:
		(1)  exclude any item included in the order;  or                              
		(2)  include any item that could have been included in 
the order.           

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.              


	§ 87.002.  MODIFICATION MAY NOT EXTEND DURATION OF 
ORDER.  A protective order may not be modified to extend the period 
of the order's validity beyond the second anniversary of the date 
the original order was rendered or beyond the date the order expires 
under Section 85.025(c), whichever date occurs later.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1160, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.


	§ 87.003.  NOTIFICATION OF MOTION TO MODIFY.  Notice of a 
motion to modify a protective order is sufficient if delivery of the 
motion is attempted on the respondent at the respondent's last 
known address by registered or certified mail as provided by Rule 
21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997.              


	§ 87.004.  CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE 
NUMBER.  (a)  If a protective order contains the address or 
telephone number of a person protected by the order, of the place of 
employment or business of the person, or of the child-care facility 
or school of a child protected by the order and that information is 
not confidential under Section 85.007, the person protected by the 
order may file a notification of change of address or telephone 
number with the court that rendered the order to modify the 
information contained in the order.
	(b)  The clerk of the court shall attach the notification of 
change to the protective order and shall deliver a copy of the 
notification to the respondent by registered or certified mail as 
provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
	(c)  The filing of a notification of change of address or 
telephone number and the attachment of the notification to a 
protective order does not affect the validity of the order.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.