Texas SB1559 amends the Family Code to allow courts to transfer protective orders to courts with jurisdiction over related suits.

Texas SB1559 amends the Family Code to allow courts to transfer protective orders to courts with jurisdiction over related suits. Specifically, if a protective order was rendered before the filing of a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending, the court that rendered the order shall transfer the protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit.

Texas SB1559 amends the Family Code to allow courts to transfer protective orders to courts with jurisdiction over related suits.

Texas SB1559 amends the Family Code to allow courts to transfer protective orders to courts with jurisdiction over related suits. Specifically, if a protective order was rendered before the filing of a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship or while the suit is pending, the court that rendered the order shall transfer the protective order to the court having jurisdiction of the suit.