Sec. 82.006.  APPLICATION FILED AFTER DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.  If an applicant for a protective order is a former spouse of the individual alleged to have committed family violence, the application must include:
(1)  a copy of the decree dissolving the marriage;  or
(2)  a statement that the decree is unavailable to the applicant and that a copy of the decree will be filed with the court before the hearing on the application.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.