Circumstances arise in which parties are in need of immediate protection from certain individuals. Fortunately, the Texas Family Code provides an immediate response to potential danger and provides protection to a party, a child, or property. This protection comes in the form of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). What is a TRO and what does it do? Let’s discuss. Need help now? If you are in danger, then contact the police. If you need to speak to a family law attorney call (832) 410-8935. What is a Temporary Restraining Order? A TRO serves the purpose of restraining a party from a specific behavior that is prohibited by the TRO. Section 6.501 of the Texas Family Code outlines about 23 behaviors that a TRO can be issued to restrain. In short, the court states upon filing of a suit for the dissolution of a marriage, the court may grant a TRO without notice to the adverse party for the “preservation of the property and for the protection of the parties as necessary”. The TRO can prohibit one or both parties from – including but not limited to— the following: Communication or threatening the other party with the intent to annoy or alarm the other party. This includes placing anonymous phone calls repeatedly to offend or annoy the other party; Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to the other party or to a child of either party or threatening either party with imminent bodily injury; Threatening the other party or a child of either party with imminent bodily injury; Destroying, removing, concealing, encumbering, transferring, or otherwise harming or reducing the value of the property of the parties or either party; Falsifying a writing or record; Refusing to disclose important information to the other party or court; Refusing to disclose the amount or location of certain property; Intentionally damaging or destroying or tampering with property to create substantial loss or substantial inconvenience to the other party; Selling or transferring property of either party unless authorized by the court; Incurring debt; Withdrawing money from any financial institution or spending money in either party’s possession; Withdrawing money for any purpose from a retirement plan or life insurance policies; Entering a safe deposit box of either party; Changing or altering the name of a beneficiary of a life insurance policy; Canceling, altering, or failing to renew all insurance policies; Opening mail or communication addressed to the other party; Signing or endorsing the other party’s name on any negotiable instrument, check, or draft; Taking any action to terminate or limit credit or charge credit cards in the name of the other party; Destroying, disposing of, or altering any financial records of the parties; Destroying, disposing of, or altering any e-mail, text message, video message, or chat message or other electronic data relevant to the subject matter of the suit for dissolution of marriage; Deleting any data or content from any social network profile used or created by either party or a child of the parties; Terminating...
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