Texas Application for Temporary Restraining Order
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A TRO is an emergency court order that orders a party not to take some particular action until a hearing can be held. A TRO lasts for 14 days or until your temporary orders hearing, whichever is sooner.
The court is looking for a description of your relationship to the respondent, when, where, what happened, and who did what to whom. Using the facts of the incident only, keep your statement brief and to the point. Briefly describe the most recent incident of abuse and/or threats of abuse or other behaviors.
You can apply for a TRO without any notice to the other party affected by the order, and the court can make a decision about a TRO without requiring you and your spouse to be present. After filing, the judge will have a temporary orders hearing and then make the temporary orders.
Texas Family Code Section 6.501 outlines the kinds of behaviors that a TRO can be issued to restrain. Call the police if you are in immediate danger of abuse. Then, contact a restraining order attorney to apply for a TRO! Reach Hembree Bell Law at (512) 768-9737.
A temporary restraining order, commonly known as a TRO is used in family law to place injunctions without a full hearing on one or both parties. These injunctions prohibit specific actions that could endanger or prove damaging to the property in a divorce or the children of a divorce.
