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Updated: 
July 28, 2023

Do I need to tell the court in Texas if I move?

If your contact information in your protective order is not confidential, you may file a “notification of change of contact information” form, which may be called a “change of address” form. If you file this notification, the court will send a copy to the respondent as well as any other person entitled to a copy of the order by law.1 The clerk of court may need your new address to contact you if there is any change - for example, if the abuser asks a judge to dismiss the order or if your order is changed in any way. However, if you do not want the abuser to know your new address, you may want to tell the clerk that the address is confidential and ask what steps you have to take to keep it hidden from the abuser.

1 See Tex. Fam. Code § 87.004

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