Tex. Fam. Code § 71.004 : FAMILY CODE — PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE — GENERAL PROVISIONS — DEFINITIONS — Family Violence

"Family violence" means:

(1) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself;
(2) abuse, as that term is defined by Sections 261.001(1)(C), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), and (M), by a member of a family or household toward a child of the family or household; or
(3) dating violence, as that term is defined by Section 71.0021.

Tex. Fam. Code § 71.004

Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1136,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 319,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 117,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2015.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2001.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. 5/5/1997.
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