Sec. 85.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION    


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  • (a) On request by a person protected by an order or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude from a protective order the address and telephone number of:

    (1) a person protected by the order, in which case the order shall state the county in which the person resides;

    (2) the place of employment or business of a person protected by the order; or

    (3) the child-care facility or school a child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides.

    (b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:

    (1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and

    (2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by the court.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.