Order entered November 12, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00647-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF M.L.R., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 429th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 429-51554-2013
ORDER
Before Justices Lang-Miers, Fillmore, and Schenck
The Court has before it appellant’s “Emergency Motion for Protective Order or Motion to
Abate Appeal and Remand to Trial Court for Emergency Hearing.” This Court has no
jurisdiction to enter a protective order. See TEX. FAMILY CODE ANN. § 71.002 (West 2014)
(definition of “court”). Moreover, an application for protective order filed after a final order has
been rendered in a suit for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting the parent-child relationship
must be filed in the county in which the final order was rendered and in the court that rendered
the final order. See TEX. FAMILY CODE ANN. § 82.007 (application filed for child subject to
continuing jurisdiction), § 85.063 (West 2014) (application filed after final order entered in suit
for dissolution of marriage or suit affecting parent-child relationship).
Accordingly, we DENY appellant’s “Emergency Motion for Protective Order or Motion
to Abate Appeal and Remand to Trial Court for Emergency Hearing.”
/s/ ROBERT M. FILLMORE
JUSTICE