Tex. Fam. Code §82.003
Venue
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An application may be filed in:
the county in which the applicant resides;
the county in which the respondent resides; or
any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 392 (S.B. 129 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.