79R133 MCK-F

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 1177



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an appeal of a protective order.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding 
Section 81.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.009.  APPEAL.  (a)  A protective order rendered under 
this subtitle is a final, appealable order.
	(b)  An appeal of a protective order rendered under this 
subtitle, with or without a supersedeas bond, does not suspend the 
order.  The court that rendered the protective order retains 
jurisdiction to enforce the order until the appellate court 
supersedes the order.
	(c)  On the motion of a party or on the court's own motion, 
the appellate court in its opinion may identify the parties by 
fictitious names or by the parties' initials only.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a protective order 
rendered on or after the effective date of this Act.  A protective 
order rendered before the effective date of this Act is governed by 
the law in effect on the date the order was rendered, and the former 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.