On a party's request for order and as provided in the Family Code, a court may issue any individual restraining order that appears to be reasonable or necessary, including those automatic temporary restraining orders included in the family law summons. Individual orders supersede the standard family law restraining orders in the Family Law and Uniform Parentage Act summonses.
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A judge can issue a personal restraining order against someone in a family law case if the judge thinks it is reasonable or needed. This can happen when one of the people in the case asks for it.
If a judge creates a specific restraining order for your case, that order takes the place of the standard restraining orders that automatically come with the court paperwork. The custom order is the one that controls, not the standard one.
Summary generated March 14, 2026
Committee Notes
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Rule 5.91 amended effective January 1, 2016; adopted effective January 1, 2013. Title 5, Family and Juvenile Rules-Division 1, Family Rules-Chapter 6, Request for Court Orders-Article 2, Filing and Service; adopted January 1, 2013.
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