Domestic
Violence Shelter, San Saba, Texas
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In order to obtain a Protective Order using this packet, all of the following things must be true:
1. If you file for a Protective Order before a divorce or a suit affecting a parent-child relationship has been filed, the court used to dismiss the motion for a Protective Order and make you file it with the divorce or other petition. But, as of September 1, 1997, the court has to hear the motion for a Protective Order as scheduled. If however, the divorce or suit affecting a parent-child relationship has already been filed before you file for a Protective Order, the following restrictions on where you can file for a Protective Order apply. For the following, a judicial district is usually comprised of one county. If you are not sure which judicial district you are in, call the county clerk of court for your county.
- If you live in the same judicial district as where the divorce or parent-child relationship suit has been filed, you should file for the Protective Order in the same court.
- If you live in a different judicial district than where the divorce or parent-child relationship suit has been filed, then you can still file for a Protective Order in the county in which you live.
- If you have already obtained any temporary order related to the divorce or suit affecting a parent-child relationship, a court may try to dismiss your suit for a Protective Order. If this happens, discuss your options with your attorney, or call The Women's Advocacy Project at 1-800-374-4673 for additional information.
2. Family violence has occurred. Family violence:
(1) An act by a family member or someone who has been living with you,
(2) against you, or someone in your family, or someone in your household.
(3) The act must have been meant to cause physical harm, bodily injury, or assault or sexual assault but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself;
(4) or the act must have been a threat that made you (or someone in your family or household) reasonably afraid of immediate physical harm, bodily injury, assault or sexual assault, or of physical or sexual abuse of a child who was living in your house
Numbers 3 and 4 mean that someone purposefully caused you physical pain or threatened to cause you physical pain. Acts such as pulling your hair or slapping you are considered family violence because they cause physical pain. Mental abuse is only family violence if it includes threats of killing or beating you or members of your household. Remember, however, that some judges may consider mental abuse as a less serious form of family violence as physical abuse.
3. Family violence is likely to occur again in the future, and
4. The person you want to get a Protective Order against must be:
(1) related to you by blood or marriage (e.g., parent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, in-laws); or,
(2) currently living with you or must have lived with you at some time (e.g., foster child, former roommate); or,
(3) someone you have had a child with.
If any of these things are not true, you will not be able to use this packet. Please call your local Battered Women's Shelter.
For the San Saba County area: 1-325-372-4357 (HELP),
the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800 799-SAFE(7233) or the Women's Advocacy Project for other options you have. To download or fill out the forms online, please click on the button below-
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